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Periodic Table of Virus Capsids: Implications for Natural Selection and Design

BACKGROUND: For survival, most natural viruses depend upon the existence of spherical capsids: protective shells of various sizes composed of protein subunits. So far, general evolutionary pressures shaping capsid design have remained elusive, even though an understanding of such properties may help...

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Autores principales: Mannige, Ranjan V., Brooks, Charles L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009423