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The structure of pariacoto virus reveals a dodecahedral cage of duplex RNA.
Nature structural biology - 1 Jan 2001
Tang L, Johnson K N, Ball L A, Lin T, Yeager M, Johnson J E
Abstract excerpt
The 3.0 A resolution crystal structure of Pariacoto virus (PaV) reveals extensive interactions between portions of the viral RNA genome and the icosahedral capsid. Under the protein shell of the T = 3 quasi equivalent capsid lies a dodecahedral cage composed of RNA duplex that accounts for approximately 35% of the single-stranded RNA genome. The highly basic N-terminal regions (residues 7-54) of the subunits,...
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