Article
Intermolecular interactions in a two-layered viral capsid that requires a complex symmetry mismatch.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2003
Limn Chang-Kwang, Roy Polly
Abstract excerpt
The surface of the bluetongue virus core forms a T=13 quasiequivalent icosahedral protein shell with 260 trimers of a single gene product: VP7 protein. Underneath is a smooth layer, made up of VP3 protein, which appears to guide and nucleate the assembly of VP7 trimers. The contacts between the two shells are extensive but nonspecific, and construction of the T=13 icosahedral shell requires polymorphism in the...
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