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prohead

prohead noun: a procapsid.

Noun

prohead (plural proheads)

  1. A procapsid.
    • The concatemers are processed into mature chromosomes with cohesive ends, and packaged into prohead shells, during virion assembly.2015 December 4, “DNA Packaging Specificity of Bacteriophage N15 with an Excursion into the Genetics of a Cohesive End Mismatch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of prohead

pluralproheads

Origin of prohead

From pro- + head.

Questions about prohead

What does prohead mean?
Prohead means a procapsid.
What part of speech is prohead?
Prohead is a noun.
What is the plural of prohead?
The plural of prohead is proheads.

Words near prohead in the dictionary

  1. prohaptor
  2. prohaptoral
  3. prohaptors
  4. Prohaska
  5. Prohaskas
  6. prohead
  7. proheads
  8. prohedonic
  9. prohedria
  10. proheme
  11. prohemes

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