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Coat protein

Coat protein

(Science: protein) The proteins which make up the outer coat of a virus (called the capsid).



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Re: the difference between Viruses and Bacteria.

... consist of genetic materials (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protective coat of protein. They are capable of latching onto cells and getting inside them. Bacteria are organisms ...

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by laserlipo
Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:37 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: the difference between Viruses and Bacteria.
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Simple Protein Question

... C[arbon], O[xygen], H[ydrogen], and N[itrogen]." But what are proteins made of? Amino Acids connected by peptide bonds (and of course, ... 32P labeled the DNA of the phage viruses while 35 S labeled the protein coat of the phage viruses."

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by thewax
Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:44 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Simple Protein Question
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Re: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?

... they do have metabolisim (the cell's...), their own genetic material, proteins, they reproduce, evolve, respond to their environment (this they ... be either. And if virions only have a protein or protein+lipid "coat" and maybe some enzymes within it, how could that make them alive. ...

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by biohazard
Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Are any of these "alive": prions, viroids, virions?
Replies: 10
Views: 2682

Bio Application Problem

... layer called a capsule. Capsules may be composed of polysaccharide or protein. What effect do you think this coat would have on a bacteriums interactions with an anima's immune system? My Answer: The ...

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by andrew2322
Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:24 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bio Application Problem
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Views: 429

vacuole

... have anything to do with the docking of a vesicle. Clathrin is the protein that, by assembling into a closed cage of triskelions, is able to ... to pinch off the vesicle). After the vesicle has formed, the clathrin coat is dissasembled by the SAR and ARF proteins that directed its formation. ...

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by MrMistery
Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:28 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: vacuole
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