noun
definition
The outer protein shell of a virus
Examples of capsid in a Sentence
A 570 bp DNA fragment amplified from the capsid protein gene was digested with Ava II restriction enzyme and separated by gel electrophoresis.
The hybridization data are consistent with partial sequence analysis of the AC1 gene and the capsid protein gene.
Pests The only pest on lavender is the green capsid bug or cuckoo spit.
To become infectious, it has to rid itself of Gag by splitting these proteins into smaller ones, called capsid.
For instance, we designed a simple set of experiments to map the viral capsid using limited proteolysis many years ago.
Induction of a protective response in swine vaccinated with DNA encoding foot-and mouth disease virus empty capsid proteins and the 3D RNA polymerase.
Transfection of insect cells with the recombinant baculovirus DNA resulted in expression of the JV capsid protein.
The protein subunits in a virus capsid are multiply redundant, i.e. present in many copies per particle.
In viruses, alteration of the protein capsid prevents the virus from being taken up by susceptible cells.