Definitions

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  • noun The nucleic acid of a virus together with the protein coat that encloses it.

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  • noun biology The core structure of a virus, consisting of nucleic acid surrounded by a coat of protein

Etymologies

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nucleo- +‎ capsid

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Examples

  • The core protein is particularly important in the assembly of the hepatitis C nucleocapsid, an essential step in the formation of infectious viral particles; the nucleocapsid is the viral genome protected by a protein coat - the capsid.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • The core protein is particularly important in the assembly of the hepatitis C nucleocapsid, an essential step in the formation of infectious viral particles; the nucleocapsid is the viral genome protected by a protein coat - the capsid.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Hari is a crystallographer at Brandeis with several Protein Data Bank entries under his belt, including the notorious coronavirus nucleocapsid of SARS fame.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Ignite Boston and bioscreencast.com 2007

  • Krishnamurthy S, Samal SK (1998) Nucleotide sequences of the trailer, nucleocapsid protein gene and intergenic regions of Newcastle disease virus strain Beaudette C and completion of the entire genome sequence.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010

  • For members of subfamily Paramyxovirinae, efficient RNA replication requires that the nucleotide (nt) length of the genome is an even multiple of six, known as 'rule of six', reflecting the precise packaging of the polynucleotide in the nucleocapsid

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010

  • The viral nucleocapsid enters the host cell and breaks open releasing two viral RNA-strands and 3 essential replication enzymes: Integrase, Protease and Reverse Transcriptase sterling silver cubic zirconia three strand pearl bracelet

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The viral nucleocapsid enters the host cell and breaks open releasing two viral RNA-strands and 3 essential replication enzymes: Integrase, Protease and

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The P protein associates with monomeric N protein destined for nucleocapsid assembly and serves as a polymerase co-factor essential for RNA synthesis

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010

  • The viral nucleocapsid enters the host cell and breaks open releasing two viral RNA-strands and 3 essential replication enzymes: Integrase, Protease and Reverse Transcriptase

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The N protein binds the entire length of the viral genomic and antigenomic RNAs to form a stable nucleocapsid that is the template for transcription and RNA replication.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010

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