Phenotype mixing

Phenotype mixing is a form of interaction between two virus particles, each of which holds its own unique genetic material. The two particles "share" coat proteins, therefore each has a similar assortment of identifying surface proteins, while having different genetic material. In other words; nongenetic interaction in which virus particles released from a cell that is infected with two different viruses have components from both the infecting agents, but with a genome from one of them.^[1]

References

↑ "Viral Genetics". Retrieved 2009-04-06.

Microbiology: Virus

Components	Viral envelope Capsid Viral protein

Viral life cycle	Viral entry Viral replication Viral shedding Virus latency Viroplasm

Genetics	Reassortment Antigenic shift Antigenic drift Phenotype mixing

By host	Bacteriophage Virophage Mycovirus Plant virus (Plant to Human) Animal virus Human virome Archea virus Amoeba virus Chromalveolata virus

Other	Viral disease Helper virus Laboratory diagnosis of viral infections Viral load Virus-like particle Viral quantification Antiviral drug Neurotropic virus Oncovirus Social history of viruses Satellite virus Giant viruses

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