You searched for:
“nucleocapsid”
nucleocapsid
1. The basic viral structure consisting of a core of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat.
2. The genome plus the protein coat of a virus.
2. The genome plus the protein coat of a virus.
The nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) of the virus is its genome. The protein coat is its capsid (which is protein coat of a virus).
This entry is located in the following unit:
nucle-, nucleo-, nuc- +
(page 1)