Giant Viruses

"Giant Viruses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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DNA viruses that have genomes up to several megabases in length and infect primarily single-celled EUKARYOTES.

Descriptor ID	D000072139
MeSH Number(s)	B04.280.356
Concept/Terms	Giant Viruses Giant Viruses Giant Virus Virus, Giant Viruses, Giant Giruses Megavirales Megavirales Megaviridae Megaviridae

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Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
DNA Viruses [B04.280]
Giant Viruses [B04.280.356]

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