title: Virus assembly: Imaging a molecular machine.
abstract: A recent structural study of a double-stranded DNA bacteriophage has provided remarkable new insights into the assembly of a complex virus particle and ushers in a new era in the imaging of non-icosahedral viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wikoff
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D017103:Bacillus Phages / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019065:Virus Assembly