The assembly of barrel cactus virus protein.
The coat protein of barrel cactus virus, a member of the potexvirus family, self-assembles into long tubular particles in the absence of the RNA. The particles have the same structure as the virus. The conditions under which they form suggest a new control mechanism not involving carboxyl-carboxylate interactions.
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
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