A protein-nucleic acid complex which forms part or all of a virion. It consists of a capsid plus enclosed nucleic acid. Depending on the virus, the nucleocapsid may correspond to a naked core or be surrounded by a membranous envelope.
the structure composed of the capsid with the enclosed viral nucleic acid; some nucleocapsids are naked, others are enclosed in an envelope.
a unit of viral structure, consisting of a capsid (protein coat) with the enclosed nucleic acid; some simple viruses are naked nucleocapsids, while in others the nucleocapsids form part of a more complex structure.
the nucleic acid (see above) and protein coat (capsid) of a virus.
The viral genome is surrounded by a protein coating or shell called the capsid. The genome plus the capsid is called the nucleocapsid.
Name of viral particle that includes virus nucleic acid core enclosed in the protein capsid coat.
The core of a virus particle consisting of the genome plus a complex of proteins.
A viral capsid plus the enclosed nucleic acid.
A Nucleocapsid is the genome (DNA or RNA) of a virus and the protein coat surrounding it (the capsid). There may be proteins complexed with the genome (nucleoproteins) that are also considered part of the nucleocapsid. In simple viruses, the nucleocapsid may constitute the whole virus - poliovirus is an example.