Definition of virino in English:

virino

nounPlural virinosvɪˈriːnəʊvīˈrēnō

Microbiology

A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, consisting of non-coding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins.
〔微生物〕朊病毒。参见 PRION²
Compare with prion
Example sentencesExamples
- In support of the virino hypothesis is the existence of different strains of prions that cause differing patterns of disease and breed true; the existence of strains in pathogens is usually the result of changes in the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious agent.
- A competing theory points to virinos (mini viruses), that are using particularly tough protein ‘shells’ to contain their small amount of nucleic acid.
- Some scientists claim that because there are many types of TSE agent, the virino is a more likely explanation.
- Taxonomically this places virinos between conventional viruses and viroids (a class of plant pathogens which neither need nor code for proteins to be infectious).
- In the virino model, the host protein protects the scrapie agent nucleic acid from degradation and prevents the host raising an immune response, since the protein/nucleic acid complex is seen as ‘self’.

Origin

1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino.

Definition of virino in US English:

virino

nounvīˈrēnō

Microbiology

A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, consisting of noncoding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins.
〔微生物〕朊病毒。参见 PRION²
Compare with prion
Example sentencesExamples
- A competing theory points to virinos (mini viruses), that are using particularly tough protein ‘shells’ to contain their small amount of nucleic acid.
- Taxonomically this places virinos between conventional viruses and viroids (a class of plant pathogens which neither need nor code for proteins to be infectious).
- Some scientists claim that because there are many types of TSE agent, the virino is a more likely explanation.
- In support of the virino hypothesis is the existence of different strains of prions that cause differing patterns of disease and breed true; the existence of strains in pathogens is usually the result of changes in the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious agent.
- In the virino model, the host protein protects the scrapie agent nucleic acid from degradation and prevents the host raising an immune response, since the protein/nucleic acid complex is seen as ‘self’.

Origin

1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino.

单词	virino
释义	Definition of virino in English: virino nounPlural virinosvɪˈriːnəʊvīˈrēnō Microbiology A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, consisting of non-coding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins. 〔微生物〕朊病毒。参见 PRION² Compare with prion Example sentencesExamples In support of the virino hypothesis is the existence of different strains of prions that cause differing patterns of disease and breed true; the existence of strains in pathogens is usually the result of changes in the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious agent. A competing theory points to virinos (mini viruses), that are using particularly tough protein ‘shells’ to contain their small amount of nucleic acid. Some scientists claim that because there are many types of TSE agent, the virino is a more likely explanation. Taxonomically this places virinos between conventional viruses and viroids (a class of plant pathogens which neither need nor code for proteins to be infectious). In the virino model, the host protein protects the scrapie agent nucleic acid from degradation and prevents the host raising an immune response, since the protein/nucleic acid complex is seen as ‘self’. Origin 1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino. Definition of virino in US English: virino nounvīˈrēnō Microbiology A hypothetical infectious particle postulated as the cause of scrapie, BSE, and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, consisting of noncoding nucleic acid in a protective coat made from host cell proteins. 〔微生物〕朊病毒。参见 PRION² Compare with prion Example sentencesExamples A competing theory points to virinos (mini viruses), that are using particularly tough protein ‘shells’ to contain their small amount of nucleic acid. Taxonomically this places virinos between conventional viruses and viroids (a class of plant pathogens which neither need nor code for proteins to be infectious). Some scientists claim that because there are many types of TSE agent, the virino is a more likely explanation. In support of the virino hypothesis is the existence of different strains of prions that cause differing patterns of disease and breed true; the existence of strains in pathogens is usually the result of changes in the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious agent. In the virino model, the host protein protects the scrapie agent nucleic acid from degradation and prevents the host raising an immune response, since the protein/nucleic acid complex is seen as ‘self’. Origin 1970s: from virus + the diminutive suffix -ino.
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