capsid - CISMeF

Preferred Label : capsid;

MeSH definition : The outer protein protective shell of a virus, which protects the viral nucleic acid.; The outer protein protective shell of a virus, which protects the viral nucleic acid. Capsids are composed of repeating units (capsomers or capsomeres) of CAPSID PROTEINS which when assembled together form either an icosahedral or helical shape.;

MeSH synonym : capsids;

Related MeSH term : Procapsids; Prohead; Proheads;

MeSH annotation : CAPSID PROTEINS is also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsid;

Details

Origin ID

D002213;

UMLS CUI

C0006933;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- capsid [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Capsid Protein [NCIt concept]
Indexing information
- EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- equine infectious anemia virus, p26 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nuclear polyhedrosis virus gp41 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- nucleocapsid protein (C), rubella virus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- scaffold protein, herpes simplex virus-1 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- scaffolding protein, bacteriophage P22 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- small viral capsid antigen, human herpesvirus 8 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- transport-capsid assembly protein, human herpesvirus 6 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- viral protein 60, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- Procapsid [MeSH concept]
- capsid [MeSH concept]
See also
- capsid proteins [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- virus uncoating [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Anatomical Structure [UMLS semantic type]

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