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Specific encapsidation of nodavirus RNAs is mediated through the C terminus of capsid precursor protein alpha.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 1998
Schneemann A, Marshall D
Abstract excerpt
Flock house virus (FHV) is a small icosahedral insect virus with a bipartite, messenger-sense RNA genome. Its T=3 icosahedral capsid is initially assembled from 180 subunits of a single type of coat protein, capsid precursor protein alpha (407 amino acids). Following assembly, the precursor particles undergo a maturation step in which the alpha subunits autocatalytically cleave between Asn363 and Ala364. This...
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