| Glossary Term | Virus |
| Definition | A noncellular biological entity that requires a host cell for reproduction. Viruses consist of a nucleic acid genome that is either DNA or, in the case of retroviruses, RNA. The viral genome is covered with a protein coat; some viruses have a host-derived membrane over the protein coat. |
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO) |
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