The capsid of the herpes simplex virus initially assembles as a procapsid that matures through a massive conformational change of its 182 MDa surface shell. This transition, which stabilizes the ...

The basic components of a virus are genetic material and a protein shell, called a capsid, that surrounds and protects the fragile nucleic acids. During the life cycle of a virus, the genetic material ...

A team of researchers has pushed the resolution of single-particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) to levels that allow them to trace the backbone of the 22-megadalton capsid, or outer protein shell ...

A 3-D model of adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid structure: AAV capsid sixty subunits assemble to generate the icosahedral symmetric virus capsid. The viral asymmetric unit of the capsid is bounded ...

When viruses travel through the air in tiny droplets, they can quickly start to dry out. Yet many viruses remain infectious ...

Mathematical insights into how RNA helps viruses pull together their protein shells could guide future studies of viral behavior and function. More than a quarter billion people today are infected ...

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