viral capsid
Sign in to saveAlso known as GO:0019028, virus capsid, capsid
thumb|right|Schematic of a cytomegalovirus
Research
36,302 papers- HIV-1 capsid variability: viral exploitation and evasion of capsid-binding molecules.Retrovirology · 2021
- The role of chikungunya virus capsid-viral RNA interactions in programmed ribosomal frameshifting.Journal of virology · 2025
- Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons.Communications biology · 2024
- DNA-origami-directed virus capsid polymorphism.Nature nanotechnology · 2023
- Virus Maturation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Specific shapes
- Icosahedral
- Prolate
- Helical
- Functions
- Origin and evolution
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Schematic of a cytomegalovirus
thumb|right|Illustration of geometric model changing between two possible capsids. A similar change of size has been observed as the result of a single amino-acid mutation
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