capsid
pronunciation
How to pronounce capsid in British English:
UK ['kæpsɪd]
How to pronounce capsid in American English:
US ['kæpsɪd]
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- Noun:
- a variety of leaf bug
- the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
Word Origin
- capsid (adj.)
- 1889 in biology, "pertaining to capsidae," a type of insect, from Latin capsa "box" (see case (n.2)).
Example
- 1. Establishment and application of dengue virus capsid targeted nuclease expression system .
- 2. Analysis of capsid protein gene of porcine rotavirus jl94 isolate in china .
- 3. Which may be necessary to package the nucleic acid within the capsid .
- 4. Grass carp reovirus , major capsid protein , transfection , eukaryotic expression .
- 5. Construction of the plant expression vector with hepatitis a capsid protein fusion gene and genetic transformation of citrus . Sinensis osbeck .