Protective shell (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Protective shell

Caption

The so-called capsid protects the genetic information of a virus and is far more flexible than previously thought. Its proteins are organized in hexamers (grey) and pentamers (orange).

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Martin Obr, IST Austria

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Martin Obr, IST Austria

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