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Advancing High-Resolution Imaging of Virus Assemblies in Liquid and Ice
Published on: July 20, 2022
Near-atomic resolution reconstructions of icosahedral viruses from electron cryo-microscopy
Nikolaus Grigorieff1, Stephen C Harrison
1Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02154, USA.
Abstract:
Nine different near-atomic resolution structures of icosahedral viruses, determined by electron cryo-microscopy and published between early 2008 and late 2010, fulfil predictions made 15 years ago that single-particle cryo-EM techniques could visualize molecular detail at 3-4Å resolution. This review summarizes technical developments, both in instrumentation and in computation, that have led to the new structures, which advance our understanding of virus assembly and cell entry.
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