peplomer


peplomer

 [pep´lo-mer] a subunit of a peplos.

pep·lo·mer

(pep'lō-mĕr), A part or knoblike subunit of the peplos of a virion, the assemblage of which produces the complete peplos; frequently a surface glycoprotein on lipoprotein envelope. [see peplos]

pep·lo·mer

(pep'lō-mĕr) A part or subunit of the peplos of a virion, the assemblage of which produces the complete peplos, produced from the peplos by detergent treatment.
See also: peplos