Theoretical aspects of virus capsid assembly.
A virus capsid is constructed from many copies of the same protein(s). Molecular recognition is central to capsid assembly. The capsid protein must polymerize in order to create a three-dimensional protein polymer. More than structure is required to understand this self-assembly reaction: one must understand how the pieces come together in solution.
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Adam
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. adam-zlotnick@ouhsc.edu
D002213:Capsid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013816:Thermodynamics