Term Name: virion assembly
Synonyms: bacteriophage assembly, phage assembly, viral assembly, viral particle assembly, virion assembly and maintenance, virion organization, virus assembly, virus particle assembly
Definition: A late phase of the viral life cycle during which all the components necessary for the formation of a mature virion collect at a particular site in the cell and the basic structure of the virus particle is formed.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0019068]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: viral life cycle
has parts: viral budding viral capsid assembly viral genome maturation viral genome packaging viral head-tail joining viral tail assembly
is a type of: viral process