Meaning of uncoat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. (of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm
   intransitive
2. To remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.
   transitive

Examples

“It takes only minutes, after entry into a cell, for a virus particle to uncoat.”

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