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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAPSID

From New Latin Capsus (genus).
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPSID

capsid  [ˈkæpsɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPSID

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Capsid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAPSID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

capsid

Capsid

A capsid is the protein shell of a virus. It consists of several oligomeric structural subunits made of protein called protomers. The observable 3-dimensional morphological subunits, which may or may not correspond to individual proteins, are called capsomeres. The capsid encloses the genetic material of the virus. Capsids are broadly classified according to their structure. The majority of viruses have capsids with either helical or icosahedral structure. Some viruses, such as bacteriophages, have developed more complicated structures due to constraints of elasticity and electrostatics. The icosahedral shape, which has 20 equilateral triangular faces, approximates a sphere, while the helical shape is cylindrical. The capsid faces may consist of one or more proteins. For example, the foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid has faces consisting of three proteins named VP1–3. Some viruses are enveloped, meaning that the capsid is coated with a lipid membrane known as the viral envelope.

Definition of capsid in the English dictionary

The definition of capsid in the dictionary is any heteropterous bug of the family Miridae, most of which feed on plant tissues, causing damage to crops.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPSID


acid
ˈæsɪd
blessed
ˈblɛsɪd
ceratopsid
ˌsɛrəˈtɒpsɪd
Cid
sɪd
cursed
ˈkɜːsɪd
cussed
ˈkʌsɪd
diapsid
daɪˈæpsɪd
dropsied
ˈdrɒpsɪd
fancied
ˈfænsɪd
flaccid
ˈflæksɪd
ichthyopsid
ˌɪkθɪˈɒpsɪd
inviscid
ɪnˈvɪsɪd
lucid
ˈluːsɪd
nucleocapsid
ˌnjuːklɪəʊˈkæpsɪd
placid
ˈplæsɪd
rancid
ˈrænsɪd
Seleucid
sɪˈluːsɪd
sphenopsid
sfɪˈnɒpsɪd
synapsid
sɪˈnæpsɪd
therapsid
θəˈræpsɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPSID

caps.
capsaicin
Capsian
capsicin
capsicum
capsidal
capsizable
capsizal
capsize
capsomer
capsomere
capstan
capstan bar
capstan lathe
capstone
capsular
capsulate
capsulated
capsulation
capsule

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPSID

Abbasid
Chasid
Chassid
Cressid
Hasid
Hassid
jassid
mysid
psid
resid
ursid
vanessid

Synonyms and antonyms of capsid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «capsid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPSID

Find out the translation of capsid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of capsid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capsid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衣壳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cápside
570 millions of speakers

English

capsid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कैप्सिड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قفيصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капсида
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capsídeo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

capsid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capside
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kapsid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kapsid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カプシド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캡시드 (capsid)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapsul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

capsid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேப்சிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉप्सस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kapsid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capside
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapsydu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капсида
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capsida
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καψίδιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapsied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kapsid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kapsid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capsid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPSID»

The term «capsid» is regularly used and occupies the 98.778 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPSID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «capsid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «capsid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capsid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPSID»

Discover the use of capsid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capsid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Constraints in Expression of a Norovirus Capsid Protein in ...
Noroviruses are the leading causes of acute viral gastroenteritis in humans worldwide.
Lolita George, 2008
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Investigation of Virus Capsid Self-assembly Kinetics Using ...
Theoretical and simulation studies of complex biological self-assembly systems, particularly virus capsid assembly, have given reasons to be skeptical of our ability to extrapolate knowledge from simple systems to more complex ones. Keef et ...
Tiequan Zhang, 2007
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Role of Region II of Sindbis Virus Capsid Protein in ...
Role of Region II of Sindbis virus capsid protein in specific encapsidation of genomic RNA and nucleocapsid core assembly. Major Professor: Richard J. Kuhn. Sindbis virus is an enveloped positive‐sense RNA virus in the alphavirus genus.
Ranjit Warrier, 2007
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Functional Interaction of Primate Lentiviral Capsid with ...
Tsai-Yu Lin. These results with TRIM-Cyp suggested that FIV does indeed interact with CypA. In order to test this directly, I used an assay to biochemically detect binding of CypA to FIV CA (Figure 9). 293T cells were transiently transfected with ...
Tsai-Yu Lin, 2008
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Biothermodynamics
The Structural Basis of Capsid Stability 397 2.1. Virus capsid geometry 397 2.2. Structures of virus capsid proteins 399 2.3. Interaction specificity as a means of assembly regulation 399 2.4. Subunit interactions 400 3. Analysis of Capsid ...
Michael L. Johnson, Jo M. Holt, Gary K. Ackers, 2009
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Multiplication of RNA Plant Viruses
protein of AMV and ilarviruses confers a competitive advantage to viral RNAs over polyadenylated cellular mRNAs. The role of capsid protein in AMV is the best investigated and reviewed (Jaspars, 1999; Bol, 1999, 2003). The capsid protein is ...
C. L. Mandahar, 2006
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Gene and Cell Therapy: Therapeutic Mechanisms and ...
3.2.1 STRUCTURE Adenovirus consists of an icosahedral protein capsid of approximately 70-100 nm diameter and, within that capsid, a single copy of a double-stranded DNA molecule of length approximately 36,000 bp (Figure 3.1, reviewed ...
Nancy Smyth Templeton, 2008
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Parvoviruses
Furthermore, a panel of CPV mutants within possible NLS sequences or a mutant with a reported assembly defect (Tresnan et al., 1995) also showed a close correlation between capsid assembly and nuclear localization (Yuan and Parrish,  ...
Jonathan Kerr, Susan Cotmore, Marshall E Bloom, 2005
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Medical Microbiology: with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
Reovirus/rotavirus Outer capsid Core σ3/VP7 σ1/VP4 λ2/VP6 core spike μ1C Figure 59-2 Structure of reovirus/rotavirus core and outer proteins. σ1/VP4, Viral attachment protein; σ3/VP7, major capsid component; λ2/ VP6, major inner capsid ...
Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, 2012
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Viral Gastroenteritis
It has long been known that trypsin-dependent cleavage of the capsid protein is necessary for viral infectivity (Lee and Kurtz, 1981), but until recently few data were available on the precise nature of intracellular or extracellular processing of  ...
U. Desselberger, Jim Gray, J. Gray, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPSID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term capsid is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Week in PNAS
... of the CMV genome that tend to be highly conserved, including regions coding for DNA processing enzymes, capsid proteins, and so on. «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
2
Human Cytomegalovirus Harbors Hot, Cold Spots of Genetic …
... encoding capsid, tegument, and regulatory proteins. Regions of high genomic diversity, meanwhile, included genes encoding glycoproteins, ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
3
HIV Protein Structure Unraveled by Scientists: New Treatments …
"The capsid shell acts as an 'invisibility cloak' that hides the virus' genetic information, the genome, while it is being copied in a hostile ... «Science World Report, Jul 15»
4
Using PeakForce Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy to Image …
Protein molecules are arranged as 3D subunits on the virus capsid's surface and are called capsomeres. These are now very clearly visible. «Azom.com, Jul 15»
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Imaging the DNA Double Helix with PeakForce Tapping Mode AFM
From the image, the order of protein molecules in the form of 3D subunits over the virus capsid surface or capsomeres can be clearly observed. «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
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Granzyme B mediated function of Parvovirus B19-specific CD4 + T …
Activation of synoviocytes by the secreted phospholipase A2 motif in the VP1-unique region of parvovirus B19 minor capsid protein. J Infect Dis ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
7
Scientists unravel elusive structure of HIV protein
The HIV capsid protein plays a critical role in the virus' life cycle. Mizzou researchers recently developed the most complete model yet of this ... «Biology News Net, Jul 15»
8
New Virus, Not EV-D68, Now Suspected in Childhood Paralysis
... was identified as a picornavirus by the xTAG Respiratory Virus Panel and by sequence analysis of the viral protein 1 capsid gene,” she said. «MD Magazine, Jul 15»
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Copper Surfaces May Reduce Human Norovirus Infection Rate in …
Specifically, the copper surfaces destroyed both the virus' genome and its capsid. Mr. Manuel said copper might have a place in infection ... «Anesthesiology News, Jun 15»
10
Viral assemblage composition in Yellowstone acidic hot springs …
It is extraordinary that alignments using the major capsid proteins of these linear double-stranded DNA viruses group AFV-3, 6-9 and SIFV into ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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