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capsid
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capsid [′kap·səd]
(invertebrate zoology)
The name applied to all members of the family Miridae.
(virology)
In a virus, the protein shell surrounding the nucleic acid and its associated protein core. Also known as protein coat.
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Polyomaviruses are nonenveloped viruses that have an icosahedral capsid containing a small, circular, double-stranded DNA genome (1).
WU polyomavirus in children, Canada by Abed, Yacine; Wang, David; Boivin, Guy / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Picornaviruses constitute a diverse family of single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses whose genome is packed into a nonenveloped icosahedral capsid (1).
Human parechovirus infections in Canada by Boivin, Guy / Emerging Infectious Diseases
NoV possesses a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome surrounded by an icosahedral capsid.
Novel Recombinant Norovirus in China by Ushijima, Hiroshi / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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