Cell Function
virus uncoating
Definitions related to virus uncoating:
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Intracellular step that follows VIRUS INTERNALIZATION during which the viral nucleic acid and CAPSID are separated.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(uncoating of virus) The process by which an incoming virus is disassembled in the host cell to release a replication-competent viral genome.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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