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Also known as GO:0019028, virus capsid, capsid

thumb|right|Schematic of a cytomegalovirus

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Within Vinony's link graph, viral capsid is referenced by 663 other articles, and connects out to icosahedron, virus and deoxyribonucleic acid.

Vinony files it under Protein complexes and Virology.

Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.

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10 sections
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  • Specific shapes
  • Icosahedral
  • Prolate
  • Helical
  • Functions
  • Origin and evolution
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|right|Schematic of a cytomegalovirus

thumb|right|Illustration of geometric model changing between two possible capsids. A similar change of size has been observed as the result of a single amino-acid mutation

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “viral capsid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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