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Answer for the clue "Consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins ", 6 letters:
virino

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The virino is a hypothetical infectious particle that was once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system ; it was thought to consist of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins . The ...

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n. (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins