The making and breaking of symmetry in virus capsid assembly: Glimpses of capsid biology from cryoelectron microscopy

FASEB Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 733-742

  Steven, Alasdair C ^a,b   Trus, Benes L ^a,b   Booy, Frank P ^a   Cheng, Naiqian ^a   Zlotnick, Adam ^a   Caston, Jose R ^a   Conway, James F ^a  

^a Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Bacteriophage; Procapsid; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; EPITOPE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030790280     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.11.10.9271358     Document Type: Review

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