Maturation of the head of bacteriophage T4: 9-aminoacridine blocks a late step in DNA packaging.
1979
J A Wagner, and
U K Laemmli
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D002213
Capsid
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.