viral capsid

id: GO:0019028
name: viral capsid
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The protein coat that surrounds the infective nucleic acid in some virus particles. It comprises numerous regularly arranged subunits, or capsomeres.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019029helical viral capsid
GO:0019030icosahedral viral capsid

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044423virion part