Medical Definition of Negative stranded RNA virus
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Class V viruses that have an RNA genome that is complementary to the mRNA, the positive strand. They also carry the virus specific RNA polymerase necessary for the synthesis of the mRNA. Includes (Rhabdoviridae, Paramyxoviridae and Myoviridae (for example the T even phages).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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