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Freedom and restraint: themes in virus capsid assembly
1Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, The National University of Singapore. dokland@ima.org.sg
Structure (London, England : 1993)
|September 21, 2000
Abstract:
Viruses assemble protective capsids from several copies of one or a few structural proteins. This is accomplished through a combination of conformational flexibility and control mechanisms that restrict this flexibility. This review will discuss some of these mechanisms in light of the many recent results in this area.