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Meaning of "capsomere" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPSOMERE

capsomere  [ˈkæpsəˌmɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPSOMERE

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determiner
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Capsomere 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 CAPSOMERE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

capsomere

Capsomere

The capsomere is a basic subunit of the capsid, an outer covering of protein that protects the genetic material of a virus. Capsomeres self-assemble to form the capsid. In this diagram of an Adenovirus, the capsid molecules are clearly visible. Subunits called protomers aggregate to form capsomeres which in turn aggregate to form capsid. Various arrangement of capsomeres are: 1) Icosahedral, 2) Helical, and 3) Complex. 1) Icosahedral- An icosohedron is a polygon with 12 vertices and 20 faces. Two types of capsomeres constitute the icosohedral capsid: pentagonal (pentons) at the vertices and hexagonal (hexons) at the faces. There are always twelve pentons, but the number of hexons varies among virus groups. In electron micrographs, capsomeres are recognized as regularly spaced rings with a central hole. Icosahedral symmetry is identical to cubic symmetry. 2) Helical- The protomers are not grouped in capsomeres, but are bound to each other so as to form a ribbon-like structure. This structure folds into a helix because the protomers are thicker at one end than at the other.

Definition of capsomere in the English dictionary

The definition of capsomere in the dictionary is any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPSOMERE


actinomere
ˈæktɪnəʊˌmɪə
arthromere
ˈɑːθrəˌmɪə
blastomere
ˈblæstəʊˌmɪə
Buttermere
ˈbʌtəˌmɪə
casimere
ˈkæsɪˌmɪə
cassimere
ˈkæsɪˌmɪə
centromere
ˈsɛntrəˌmɪə
chromomere
ˈkrəʊməˌmɪə
ectomere
ˈɛktəʊˌmɪə
Grasmere
ˈɡrɑːsˌmɪə
kerseymere
ˈkɜːzɪˌmɪə
mesomere
ˈmɛsəʊˌmɪə
metamere
ˈmɛtəˌmɪə
podomere
ˈpɒdəˌmɪə
rhabdomere
ˈræbdəˌmɪə
Rothermere
ˈrɒðəˌmɪə
sarcomere
ˈsɑːkəʊˌmɪə
telomere
ˈtɛləˌmɪə
uromere
ˈjʊərəʊˌmɪə
Windermere
ˈwɪndəˌmɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPSOMERE

capsaicin
Capsian
capsicin
capsicum
capsid
capsidal
capsizable
capsizal
capsize
capsomer
capstan
capstan bar
capstan lathe
capstone
capsular
capsulate
capsulated
capsulation
capsule
capsule range

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPSOMERE

anywhere
arriere
as it were
as you were
Calimere
cashmere
chimere
dungmere
epimere
everywhere
here
macromere
mere
micromere
out there
Point Calimere
somewhere
there
Thirlmere
were

Synonyms and antonyms of capsomere in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «capsomere» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPSOMERE

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

Translator English - Chinese

壳粒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capsómero
570 millions of speakers

English

capsomere
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

capsomere
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قسيم قفيصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капсомер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caps�ero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

capsomere
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capsomère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Capsomere
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kapsomer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カプソメア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

capsomere
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Capsomere
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

capsomere
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

capsomere
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅप्सोमेरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kapsomer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capsomere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

capsomere
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

капсомер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capsomere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καψομερούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

capsomere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

capsomere
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

capsomere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capsomere

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPSOMERE»

The term «capsomere» is used very little and occupies the 189.876 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPSOMERE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPSOMERE»

Discover the use of capsomere in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capsomere and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Papillomaviruses
for HPV16 (V5, E70) and HPV11 (B2, F1, G5) can be mapped directly to surface loop domains on the capsomere (Chen et al., 2000). Serotype variants, e.g., minimal sequence changes within a serotype not yet resulting in a distinct new ...
Robert Garcea, Daniel DiMaio, 2007
2
Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods
region of the CP believed to lie in the inter-capsomere space of the NC, it was proposed that inter-capsomere crosslinking of CPs could provide a stabilizing contact in place of the authentic N-terminus. Methods for the purification of monomer ...
Jane K. Setlow, 2001
3
Biopharmaceutical Production Technology
Further experimental data fitting has also revealed that capsomere aggregation competes favorably with the production of nuclei required for capsid growth. Within this framework, the loss of product due to unassembled capsomeres, and the ...
Ganapathy Subramanian, 2012
4
Gene and Cell Therapy: Therapeutic Mechanisms and ...
Capsid proteins VI, VIII, and IX are associated with hexon and their role is to stabilize the capsid structure. The 12 capsid vertices are made up of the penton capsomere, a complex of five copies of the penton base and three copies of fiber.
Nancy Smyth Templeton, 2008
5
The Bacteriophages
In addition, f29, which exhibits capsomere structural change in packaging, does not show a detectable increase in shell volume (93). In phage T3, which initiates packaging into unexpanded proheads, expansion occurs discretely after a small  ...
Berkeley Richard Lane Calendar Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Ohio State University . Stephen T. Abedon Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Department of Microbiology, 2005
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Microbiology & Plant Pathology
Later, it was shown that each capsomere is formed from five subunits, but since each capsomere may be shared with a neighbour, the total number of subunits is 30 (Fig. 6b). If they are not shared, and each capsomere has five subunits, ...
Dr. P.D. Sharma, 1989
7
Fish Pathology
Structural unit of capsomere Nucleocapsid Capsid Nucleic acid Nucleic acid Nucleocapsid Capsomere Capsomere Membrane protein Envelope E F D A B C Lipid Capsid Nucleocapsid Nucleic acid Figure 6.2 Types of virion geometry.
Ronald J. Roberts, 2012
8
DNA Viruses: Methods and Protocols
As illustrated in Fig. 6A and B, icosa- hedral HSV-1 capsids imaged in air with Si probes clearly show the capsomere structure even at relatively low resolution, with capsomere diameters of approx 15 nm being faithfully recorded by AFM (7, 18) ...
Paul M. Lieberman, 2005
9
Genetic Analysis of Papillomavirus Virion Morphogenesis
V5 target the epitopes residing in the BC and FG loops, respectively, our data indicated that the L1 structure of the BC and FG loops or in their vicinity has been affected (Figure 4-8). BC and FG loops are close to each other in the capsomere.
Horng-Shen Chen, 2008
10
Comprehensive Biotechnology II: Including Cell Biology, ...
Viruses do not have any cytoplasm and hence any cytoplasmic organelles. They utilise the host machinery (ribosomes) for protein synthesis. Antigens are present in the spike like capsomere. Viruses do not have any independent metabolism ...
V. Sreekrishna, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPSOMERE»

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Using PeakForce Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy to Image …
The spatial arrangement of the individual protein molecules on the surface of the virus capsid, also known as the capsomere, is clearly visible ... «Azom.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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