Cell Function
virus uncoating
Definitions related to virus uncoating:
  • Intracellular step that follows VIRUS INTERNALIZATION during which the viral nucleic acid and CAPSID are separated.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (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 Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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