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Nidovirales is an order of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect vertebrates and invertebrates. Host organisms include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, molluscs, and helminths. The order includes the families Coronaviridae, Arteriviridae, Roniviridae, Tobaniviridae, and Mesoniviridae.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Nidovirales is referenced by 575 other articles, and connects out to Coronaviridae, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and SARS coronavirus main proteinase.

It sits within the topics Animal virology, Nidovirales and Riboviria.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

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  1. KingdomViruses
  2. PhylumPisuviricota
  3. ClassPisoniviricetes
  4. OrderNidovirales
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded80,899

Die Ordnung Nidovirales umfasst vier Familien von Viren mit einem nicht-segmentierten, einzelsträngigen RNA-Genom von positiver Polarität. Der Name leitet sich von lateinisch nidus ‚Nest‘ ab, was auf die geschachtelten (engl. nested) messenger-RNAs der Nidovirales anspielt. Die drei Familien der Nidovirales unterscheiden sich hinsichtlich der Struktur und Funktion der viralen Replikase (RNA-Polymerase) von allen anderen RNA-Viren. Aufgrund von Strukturuntersuchungen dieser Replikasen sprach man zunächst von einer „Coronavirus-like superfamily“ Dies ist der Grund einer sonst nicht vorgenommenen Zusammenfassung anderer Familien in eine Ordnung. Die Vertreter der Nidovirales verursachen wichtige Infektionen bei Säugetieren (besonders die Familie Coronaviridae). Lediglich die Familie Roniviridae wird nur bei Krustentieren gefunden.

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Nidovirales is an order of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect vertebrates and invertebrates. Host organisms include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, molluscs, and helminths. The order includes the families Coronaviridae, Arteriviridae, Roniviridae, Tobaniviridae, and Mesoniviridae.

Member viruses have a viral envelope and a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome which is capped and polyadenylated. Nidoviruses are named for the Latin nidus, meaning nest, as all viruses in this order produce a 3' co-terminal nested set of subgenomic mRNAs during infection.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nidovirales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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