capsid
The outer protein shell of a virus.
A kind of
- protein
Related words
- anticapsid
- capsidal
- capsidless
- capsomere
- encapsidation
- intracapsid
- multicapsid
- nanocapsid
- noncapsid
- nucleocapsid
- pericapsid
- procapsid
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This definition is adapted from “capsid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.