Helper viruses

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003108",
  "term": "Helper viruses",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "viruses",
    "coat proteins",
    "satellite viruses",
    "virus replication",
    "viral proteins"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "virus ayudantes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/helper-viruses/"
}