capsid
cap
ˈkÃĻp
kāp
sid
sÉĒd
sid
/kˈÃĻpsÉĒd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "capsid"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϏāĻŋāĻĄ, āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āϟāĻŋāύ āφāĻŦāϰāĻŖ

the protein coat of a virus that encases its genetic material and helps it attach to and enter host cells during infection
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Capsids are often composed of repeating protein subunits called capsomers.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϏāĻŋāĻĄāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϏ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āϟāĻŋāύ āϏāĻžāĻŦāχāωāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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a small plant-feeding insect of the family Miridae, commonly known as a leaf bug

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Capsids can cause damage by sucking sap from young shoots.
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