Definition of "uncoat" in İngilizce

verb

1. (virology, intransitive) (of the capsid shell) to dissociate from the viral core in the host cell cytoplasm

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

2. (virology, transitive) To remove the viral capsid of a virus, leading to the release of the viral genomic nucleic acid.