prohead

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ head.

Noun

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, →DOI:

     The concatemers are processed into mature chromosomes with cohesive ends, and packaged into prohead shells, during virion assembly.