Theoretical aspects of virus capsid assembly

✍ Scribed by Adam Zlotnick

• Book ID: 102374234
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 339 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-3499
• DOI: 10.1002/jmr.754

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A virus capsid is constructed from many copies of the same protein(s). Molecular recognition is central to capsid assembly. The capsid protein must polymerize in order to create a three‐dimensional protein polymer. More than structure is required to understand this self‐assembly reaction: one must understand how the pieces come together in solution. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.