A protein subunit that forms part of a viral capsid; another term for capsomer used interchangeably.
From capsid and -mere, Greek 'meros' meaning part or portion. Both capsomer and capsomere are used in virology with the same meaning.
The spelling capsomere shows how scientists sometimes use -mere instead of -mer when describing molecular units, though capsomer is becoming the more standard form in modern virology!
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