title: A rotary shadow freeze-drying replica method for the three dimensional view of virus ultrastructure.
abstract: A new rotary-shadowing process to obtain freeze-drying replicas is described for the analysis of virus ultrastructure, using the inner capsid of human rotavirus as a model. The findings corroborate the icosahedral symmetry with an arrangement pattern of capsomers of T = 13L.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akahori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikegami
mesh_terms: D005614:Freeze Fracturing / Q000379:methods*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000648:ultrastructure*