Modelling of icosahedral viruses

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Angelescu, Daniel George ^a   Linse, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capsid; dsDNA; Modelling; Self assembly; Spool structure; ssRNA; Thermodynamics; Virus

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; VIRUSES;

CAPSID; DSDNA; ICOSAHEDRAL SHAPE; MODELLING; MOLECULAR MODELLING; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; RESEARCH AREA; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SPOOL STRUCTURE; SSRNA; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL CAPSIDS; VIRUS;

HEALTH;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA PACKAGING; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 52049125526     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2007.10.004     Document Type: Review

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