Publication Date:
2016-07-12
Description:
Author(s): L. E. Perotti, S. Dharmavaram, W. S. Klug, J. Marian, J. Rudnick, and R. F. Bruinsma This paper presents a theoretical description of the shape of capsids for archaeal viruses, in particular the ATV virus which can develop a unique two-tail structure. The capsid takes the shape of a constant curvature surface, an unduloid, which contains scarlike defects. These defects may serve as a source of excess protein concentration, which can further enable to observed tail growth. [Phys. Rev. E 94, 012404] Published Mon Jul 11, 2016
Keywords:
Biological Physics
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
Permalink