alphacoronaviral

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English

Etymology

Blend of alphacoronavirus +‎ viral.

Adjective

alphacoronaviral (not comparable)

  1. (virology) Relating to alphacoronaviruses.
    • 2015 August, Wang YSun YWu Aet al., “Coronavirus nsp10/nsp16 Methyltransferase Can Be Targeted by nsp10-Derived Peptide In Vitro and In Vivo To Reduce Replication and Pathogenesis”, in Journal of Virology, volume 89, number 16, →DOI, page 8421:
      [Caption of figure 3:] (C and D) MTase assays of alphacoronaviral nsp16 (C) and betacoronaviral nsp16 (D) stimulated by the noncognate nsp10 from a coronavirus of the same genus.
    • 2018 September 5, Naskalska ADabrowska ANowak PSzczepanski AJasik KMilewska Aet al., “Novel coronavirus-like particles targeting cells lining the respiratory tract”, in PLoS ONE, volume 13, number 9, →DOI, page 16:
      Topology of the HCoV-NL63 M protein has not been assessed yet, but one may assume that alphacoronaviral M proteins may adopt Nexo-Cexo topology allowing for C-terminal modification.