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SUBMITTER: Prochazkova M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6065027 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Procházková Michaela M Füzik Tibor T Škubník Karel K Moravcová Jana J Ubiparip Zorica Z Přidal Antonín A Plevka Pavel P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180709 30
Infection by sacbrood virus (SBV) from the family Iflaviridae is lethal to honey bee larvae but only rarely causes the collapse of honey bee colonies. Despite the negative effect of SBV on honey bees, the structure of its particles and mechanism of its genome delivery are unknown. Here we present the crystal structure of SBV virion and show that it contains 60 copies of a minor capsid protein (MiCP) attached to the virion surface. No similar MiCPs have been previously reported in any of the rela ...[more]