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SUBMITTER: Mertens J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559658 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mertens Johann J Casado Santiago S Casado Santiago S Mata Carlos P CP Hernando-Pérez Mercedes M de Pablo Pedro J PJ Carrascosa José L JL Castón José R JR
Scientific reports 20150904
Viral capsids are metastable structures that perform many essential processes; they also act as robust cages during the extracellular phase. Viruses can use multifunctional proteins to optimize resources (e.g., VP3 in avian infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV). The IBDV genome is organized as ribonucleoproteins (RNP) of dsRNA with VP3, which also acts as a scaffold during capsid assembly. We characterized mechanical properties of IBDV populations with different RNP content (ranging from none t ...[more]