单词 | nucleocapsid |
释义 | nucleocapsidn. Biology. The genetic material (nucleic acid) of a virus together with the protein structure (capsid) which immediately encloses it. ΚΠ 1962 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. 27 51/2 The structure composed of the capsid with the enclosed viral nucleic acid is the nucleocapsid, which may be naked or surrounded by an envelope. 1970 Nature 21 Jan. 165/1 The nucleocapsid..is surrounded by an envelope which the virion acquires by budding from the nuclear membrane of the infected cells. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 231 Enveloped viruses can fuse their lipid membrane with that of the host cell, releasing the nucleocapsid immediately into the cytoplasm. 2001 New Scientist 13 Oct. (Inside Sci. section) 1/2 Together, the viral nucleic acid and capsid are called the nucleocapsid. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962 |
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