Protein Structure of Brome Mosaic Virus Capsid and MS2 Virus Capsid (IMAGE)

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Protein Structure of Brome Mosaic Virus Capsid and MS2 Virus Capsid

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The multiple protein subunits (green, purple and red) of the plant-infecting brome mosaic virus (left) have separate nucleation and growth phases similar to the MS2 bacteria-infecting virus (right).

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Brome mosaic virus capsid: Lucas, R.W., Larson, S.B., McPherson, A., (2002) J Mol Biol 317: 95-108 - https://www.rcsb.org/structure/1JS9; MS2 virus capsid: Rowsell, S., Stonehouse, N.J., Convery, M.A., Adams, C.J., Ellington, A.D., Hirao, I., Peabody, D.S., Stockley, P.G., Phillips, S.E., (1998) Nat Struct Biol 5: 970-975 - https://www.rcsb.org/structure/5MSF

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