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Category:GO:0098027 ! virus tail, sheath
name: virus tail, sheath
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The external contractile envelope of the tail of some viruses. Its contraction ensures ejection of the virus DNA into the host cytoplasm." [GOC:bm, VZ:3959]
synonym: "bacteriophage tail sheath" NARROW [GOC:bm]
xref: .html VZ:3959 "Viral tail sheath protein"
is_a: GO:0044423 ! virion component
relationship: part_of: GO:0098015 ! virus tail
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0098027</GOterm>
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