syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion of virally targeted cells

id: GO:0060140
name: syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion of virally targeted cells
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The formation in a cell that has been targeted by a virus of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane, by the fusion of the plasma membranes of two or more individual cells.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000768syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion
GO:0003006developmental process involved in reproduction
GO:0048610cellular process involved in reproduction