Helical reconstruction of VP39 reveals principles for baculovirus nucleocapsid assembly

Abstract Baculoviruses are insect-infecting pathogens with wide applications as biological pesticides, in vitro protein production vehicles and gene therapy tools. Its cylindrical nucleocapsid, which encapsulates and protects the circular double-stranded viral DNA encoding proteins for viral replica...

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Main Authors: Friederike M. C. Benning, Simon Jenni, Coby Y. Garcia, Tran H. Nguyen, Xuewu Zhang, Luke H. Chao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44596-y