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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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During the study, they used a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance and cryoEM, which are standard structural biology tools, to see both the overall shape and the atomic details of capsid protein (CA) assembly.
Structure of HIV coat may help develop new drugs by Asian News International
HIV assembly is a two-stage process involving an intermediate immature capsid that undergoes a morphologically dramatic maturation step after budding from the CD4 cell to yield the new infectious particle (see Figure 2).
Maturation inhibitors as new antiretroviral agents by Richards, John; McCallister, Scott / Journal of HIV Therapy
The ORF2 was 1737-nt long and predicted to encode for a capsid protein with a size of 578 aa.
Detection and molecular characterization of a canine norovirus by Martella, Vito; Lorusso, Eleonora; Decaro, Niccola; Ella, Gabriella; Radogna, Arianna; D'Abramo, Mar / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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