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cap·so·mere

 (kăp′sə-mîr′) or cap·so·mer (-mər)
n.
One of the individual subunits that make up a viral capsid.
[caps(id) + -mere.]
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capsomere

(ˈkæpsəˌmɪə) or

capsomer

n
(Zoology) any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus
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cap•so•mere

(ˈkæp səˌmɪər)

n.
any of the protein subunits of a capsid.
[1960–65; < French capsomère; see capsid, -o-, -mere]
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Those capsomer counts correspond perfectly with those of the four predominant classes of viruses with icosahedral symmetry that Caspar and Klug had identified in the 1960s.
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Nucleocapsids appeared to be angular and surface capsomer arrangement obvious.
Herpes-like virus associated with eroded gills of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in Mexico
A collagen-like triple helical motif has been reported from a bacterial capsomer protein (Bamford and Bamford, 1990).
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100% of cervical scrapes and 84.6% of plasmas were positive for HPV, generic detection targets the L1 region of viral genome coding for the viral capsomer. The stretch amplified is a 142 bp long amplicon (Table 2).
Detection of genes mutations in the K-ras, H-ras and EGFR in samples of blood plasma and cervical smears for patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III and cervical cancer/Deteccion de mutaciones en los genes K-ras, H-ras y EGFR en muestras de plasma sanguineo y cepillado cervical de pacientes con neoplasia intraepitelial cervical (NIC) III y cancer de cuello uterino
Approximately 110 CP subunits structured as 22 pentameric capsomers forming the unique geminate shape particle (Rojas et al., 2001; Zhang et al., 2001).
Immunocapture PCR Detection of ToLCNDV from Plant Extract by using Heterologous Virus Coat Protein Antisera
FAdVs are non-enveloped, 70-80 nm in diameter single linear double stranded DNA (dsDNA) with icosahedral structure, composed of 252 capsomers. Out of these 252 capsomers, there are 12 vertex capsomers (penton bases) and 240 non-vertex capsomers (hexons).
Isolation and characterization of different fowl adenovirus types associated with inclusion body hepatitis in broiler chickens of India
Capsomers are composed of two structural proteins: the 57kD late protein L1, which accounts for 80% of the viral particle, and the 43-53kD minor capside protein L2 (Figure-1).
Human Papilloma Virus? role in precancerous and cancerous oral lesions of tobacco chewers
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