Discrete fracture patterns of virus shells reveal mechanical building blocks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 12611-12616

  Ivanovska, Irena L ^a,d   Miranda, Roberto ^b   Carrascosa, Jose L ^b   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a   Schmidt, Christoph F ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2D polymer; Elasticity; Nonlinear elasticity; Virus capsid; Virus prohead

Indexed keywords

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS SHELL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE PATTERN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL BUILDING BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACILLUS PHAGE PHI29; MIRIDAE;

EID: 79961244262     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105586108     Document Type: Article

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