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Encapsidation vs Virusoid - What's the difference?

encapsidation | virusoid |

As nouns the difference between encapsidation and virusoid

is that encapsidation is the enclosure of viral nucleic acid within a capsid while virusoid is a circular single-stranded rna, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

encapsidation

English

Noun

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  • The enclosure of viral nucleic acid within a capsid

    • virusoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia virusoid)
  • A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for replication and encapsidation.

    • See also

    * viroid * virus