Helper Viruses

"Helper 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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Viruses which enable defective viruses to replicate or to form a protein coat by complementing the missing gene function of the defective (satellite) virus. Helper and satellite may be of the same or different genus.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Helper Viruses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Helper Viruses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 36 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2005 and 2006
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