Assembly of the herpes simplex virus capsid: Characterization of intermediates observed during cell-free capsid formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 432-446

  Newcomb, William W ^a   Homa, Fred L ^b   Thomsen, Darrell R ^b   Booy, Frank P ^c   Trus, Benes L ^d   Steven, Alasdair C ^c   Spencer, Juliet V ^a   Brown, Jay C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid assembly; Electron microscopy; Herpes simplex virus; Procapsid; Scaffolding protein

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEINASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MIRIDAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TYPHIMURIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030298322     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0587     Document Type: Article

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