Freedom and restraint: themes in virus capsid assembly.
Viruses assemble protective capsids from several copies of one or a few structural proteins. This is accomplished through a combination of conformational flexibility and control mechanisms that restrict this flexibility. This review will discuss some of these mechanisms in light of the many recent results in this area.
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Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, The National University of Singapore. dokland@ima.org.sg
D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D019065:Virus Assembly