CAPSID


Meaning of CAPSID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkap-səd ]

noun

Etymology: French capside, from Latin capsa case + French -ide -id (II)

Date: 1959

: the protein shell of a virus particle surrounding its nucleic acid

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