Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses.
Many insect viruses survive for long periods by occlusion within robust crystalline polyhedra composed primarily of a single polyhedrin protein. We show that two different virus families form polyhedra which, despite lack of sequence similarity in the virally encoded polyhedrin protein, have identic...
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| author | Anduleit, K Sutton, G Diprose, J Mertens, P Grimes, J Stuart, D |
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| description | Many insect viruses survive for long periods by occlusion within robust crystalline polyhedra composed primarily of a single polyhedrin protein. We show that two different virus families form polyhedra which, despite lack of sequence similarity in the virally encoded polyhedrin protein, have identical cell constants and a body-centered cubic lattice. It is almost inconceivable that this could have arisen by chance, suggesting that the crystal lattice has been preserved because it is particularly well-suited to its function of packaging and protecting viruses. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7633f42f-fb85-4d3d-95ca-212536e9f28d2022-03-26T20:14:09ZCrystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7633f42f-fb85-4d3d-95ca-212536e9f28dEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Anduleit, KSutton, GDiprose, JMertens, PGrimes, JStuart, DMany insect viruses survive for long periods by occlusion within robust crystalline polyhedra composed primarily of a single polyhedrin protein. We show that two different virus families form polyhedra which, despite lack of sequence similarity in the virally encoded polyhedrin protein, have identical cell constants and a body-centered cubic lattice. It is almost inconceivable that this could have arisen by chance, suggesting that the crystal lattice has been preserved because it is particularly well-suited to its function of packaging and protecting viruses. |
| spellingShingle | Anduleit, K Sutton, G Diprose, J Mertens, P Grimes, J Stuart, D Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title | Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title_full | Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title_fullStr | Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title_short | Crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses. |
| title_sort | crystal lattice as biological phenotype for insect viruses |
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