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ProcapsidEarliest detectable stage in capsid assembly. The procapsid is comprised of many copies of the major capsid protein, many copies of the scaffolding protein, the portal, and may include some internal capsid proteins. Procapsids are smaller than the mature capsid and spherical. As the DNA is packaged, the scaffolding protein is removed (either by dis [..]
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ProcapsidA virion precursor that consists only of the viral capsid without the nucleic acid.
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