Paramyxoviridae
Also known as Paramyxovirus
Paramyxoviridae (from Greek para- “by the side of” and myxa “mucus”) is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales. Vertebrates serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this family include measles, mumps, and respiratory tract infections. The family has nine subfamilies that contain 23 genera.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumNegarnaviricota
- ClassMonjiviricetes
- OrderMononegavirales
- FamilyParamyxoviridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Research
42,582 papers- Avian Paramyxoviridae--recent developments.Veterinary microbiology · 1990
- Differential Features of Fusion Activation within the Paramyxoviridae.Viruses · 2020
- ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Paramyxoviridae.
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Genome
- Proteins
- Life cycle
- Taxonomy
- Pathogenic paramyxoviruses
- Diversity and evolution
- See also
- References
- External links
Paramyxoviridae (from Greek para- “by the side of” and myxa “mucus”) is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales. Vertebrates serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this family include measles, mumps, and respiratory tract infections. The family has nine subfamilies that contain 23 genera.
== Structure == Virions are enveloped and can be spherical or pleomorphic and capable of producing filamentous virions. The diameter is around 150 nm. Genomes are linear, around 15kb in length. Fusion proteins and attachment proteins appear as spikes on the virion surface. Matrix proteins inside the envelope stabilise virus structure. The nucleocapsid core is composed of the genomic RNA, nucleocapsid proteins, phosphoproteins and polymerase proteins.