prohead

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English

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Etymology

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From pro- +‎ head.

Noun

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prohead (plural proheads)

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