| Term Name: | retrotransposon nucleocapsid |
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| Synonyms: | Virus-like particle, VLP |
| Definition: | A complex of the retrotransposon RNA genome, reverse transcriptase, integrase, and associated molecules required for reproduction and integration of the retrotransposon into the host genome; the main structural molecule of the nucleocapsid is often a gag protein homolog. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0000943] QuickGO AmiGO |