In vitro assembly of the herpes simplex virus procapsid: Formation of small procapsids at reduced scaffolding protein concentration

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Newcomb, William W ^a   Homa, Fred L ^b   Thomsen, Darrell R ^b   Brown, Jay C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN VP19C; PROTEIN VP22A; PROTEIN VP23; PROTEIN VP5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STANDARD; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0035783040     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4329     Document Type: Article

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