Even in those virions that share basic icosahedral and helical capsid symmetry, remarkable complexity has evolved to promote viral propagation. A prime example of this is Orthoreovirus ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Designing particles that are able to form icosahedral quasicrystals (IQCs) and that are as simple as possible is not only of fundamental interest ...

Beneath the Jyvaskylavirus capsid, the membrane vesicle follows icosahedral symmetry, although it also displays a high degree of sphericity (Figure 5A, left). This internal membrane vesicle encloses ...

However, the drug’s specific effects on the viral core, composed of an outer capsid protein shell containing the viral genome and enzymes needed for replication, remain unclear. Chenglei Li, Ryan ...

School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K. Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 ...

It is estimated that there are over 100 billion trillion (10 24) stars in space, but do you know the number of stars in the entire universe is way less than the number of viruses that currently ...