Exceptional mechanical and structural stability of HSV-1 unveiled with fluid atomic force microscopy

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Evidence is emerging that changes in the structural and mechanical properties of viral particles are closely linked and that such changes are essential to infectivity. Here, applying the nanostructural and nanomechanical approach of atomic force microscopy, we visualised capsids of the ubiquitous human pathogen herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) at nano-scale resolution in physiologically relevant conditions....

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