Definition of Nucleocapsid

1. Noun. (biology) The core structure of a virus, consisting of nucleic acid surrounded by a coat of protein ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nucleocapsid

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Medical Definition of Nucleocapsid

1. The coat (capsid) of a virus plus the enclosed nucleic acid genome. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nucleocapsid

nucleic acids
nucleide
nucleides
nucleiform
nuclein
nucleinase
nucleinic
nucleinic base
nucleins
nucleo-
nucleobase
nucleobases
nucleobranch
nucleobranchiata
nucleobranchs
nucleocapsid (current term)
nucleocapsid proteins
nucleocapsids
nucleocentric
nucleochylema
nucleochyme
nucleocomplex
nucleocortical fibres
nucleocosmochronological
nucleocosmochronology
nucleocytoplasmic
nucleocytoplasmic transport
nucleofected
nucleofecting
nucleofection

Literary usage of Nucleocapsid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Total diameter of enveloped virions has been reported as 125-165 nm (2,3), with nucleocapsid approximately 100 nm in diameter (2,3). ..."

2. Hantaviruses: Emerging Viral Diseases edited by J. S. Mackenzie (1999)
"Samples of whole blood were tested for antibody reactive with SNV recombinant nucleocapsid protein antigen by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay according to ..."

3. Viral Resistance in Plants/Viral Coat Proteins: Bibliography-January 91-July 96 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"464.8-P56 Resistance to heterologous isolates of tomato spotted wilt virus in transgenic tobacco expressing its nucleocapsid protein gene. ..."

4. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"The complete virion has an inner nucleocapsid core containing hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg), DNA poly- merase, protein kinase, and partially double ..."

5. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... Gene transfer Abstract: The temporal expression of the Autographa californica multiple nucleocapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus polyhedrin and p10 genes ..."

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