coat protein
Outer viral layer
Coat protein is the protein that forms the outer shell of a virus, encasing and protecting its genetic material.
Viruses assemble these proteins into regular geometric structures—the capsid—that shield viral DNA or RNA during transmission between hosts.
In molecular biology, coat proteins are studied for vaccine development and as tools for displaying foreign peptides on virus surfaces.
- capsidViral genetic material's casing
- viralSpreading quickly online
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
- shellHard outer covering
- membraneThin tissue sheet
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- capsidshexamer, subunit, self-assembly
- Viral Componentscapsid, envelope, viral envelope, virion, tegument
- virus partscapsid, envelope, viral genome, glycoprotein, tegument