Virion orientation in cubic crystals of the human common cold virus HRV14.
A new cubic crystal form (a = 445.1 A) of space group P23 is reported for human rhinovirus R14. There are four particles per unit cell, each situated on a crystallographic 3-fold axis. The orientation of these particles has been determined with a rotation function and their approximate positions have been derived from a Patterson map. The crystals diffract to at least 2.8 A resolution. Limitations to the possible surface features of the virus are set by a comparison of the cubic and orthorhombic crystal forms.
D000818:Animals; D003461:Crystallography; D006801:Humans; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014771:Virion / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction