title: Illustrating the machinery of life: viruses.
abstract: Data from electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and biophysical analysis are used to create illustrations of viruses in their cellular context. This report describes the scientific data and artistic methods used to create three illustrations: a depiction of the poliovirus lifecycle, budding of influenza virus from a cell surface, and a mature HIV particle in blood serum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. goodsell@scripps.edu
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Goodsell
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006678:HIV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014780:Viruses / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure