Headful Packaging At Biology Glossary

What is it? The packaging (filling) of a viral capsid with viral nucleic acid until the capsid is full. Headful packaging is based upon the size of nucleic acid stuffed into the capsid rather than the recognition of specific sites on the viral genome. For an example, see the link on P22 packaging.

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