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Definition:
OBSOLETE. The uptake of a virus or viral genetic material into a host cell which occurs through retraction of the virion-bound pilus, followed by entry of the viral genome into the host cell through the pilus basal pore. Filamentous bacteriophages absorb to the tip of the F-pili and can enter the bacterial cell in this way.
Comment:
This term was obsoleted because it represents the same process as virion attachment to host cell pilus ; GO:0039666.
Synonyms:
narrow_synonym:
filamentous viral entry into host cell via pilus retraction