Thermodynamic basis for the genome to capsid charge relationship in viral encapsidation

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

Volumn 108, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 16986-16991

  Ting, Christina L ^a   Wu, Jianzhong ^b   Wang, Zhen Gang ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyelectrolyte; Viral assembly

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; GIBBS DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM; MACROMOLECULE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CAPSID; GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, VIRAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 80054738614     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109307108     Document Type: Article

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