Macromolecular assembly: chainmail stabilization of a viral capsid.
The subunits that make up the capsid of a double-stranded DNA phage have been found to be arranged as covalently bonded, interlinked pentamer and hexamer rings. This remarkable 'chainmail' arrangement raises interesting new questions about macromolecular assembly.
Johnson
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JE
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Wikoff
W R
WR
D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology; D002213:Capsid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000502:physiology; D019065:Virus Assembly / Q000502:physiology*
D046911:Macromolecular Substances