Theoretical aspects of virus capsid assembly

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-490

  Zlotnick, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid protein; Landscape; Protein polymerization; Self assembly; Virus assembly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS CAPSID;

CAPSID; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 27744467626     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.754     Document Type: Review

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