capsid

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• Outside its cellular host, the viral genome would disintegrate without the protection of its coat, the capsid.

  Academic text (2004)

• The aim was to derive the optimal capsid energy spectrum.

  Academic text (2004)

• Such a capsid, being the wrong size, would no longer provide the right, tight fit for the genome.

  Academic text (2004)

• To see why, consider a capsid that has just one more capsomer than the number M at a minimum.

  Academic text (2004)

• But if the capsid were too strong, the infectious genome would be trapped inside.

  Academic text (2004)

• And the genetic material is held in a capsule called the capsid that has the form of an icosahedron.

• Many common colds are caused by rhinoviruses that have a geometric protein structure called a capsid instead of a lipid membrane.

• When the UCLA team began investigating capsid assembly four years ago, modeling the kinetics of capsid assembly molecule by molecule was intractable.

  Academic text (2004)

• Turnip yellow mosaic virus, as shown on the left, has a roughly spherical capsid comprising 12 pentameric capsomers and 20 hexameric capsomers.

  Academic text (2004)

• Researchers are studying the capsid structure to understand how it interacts with host cells.

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