Uncoat

Verb

Definitions

1.Verb(of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm

"It takes only minutes, after entry into a cell, for a virus particle to uncoat."

2.VerbTo remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.

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