Viral Structure (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Viral Structure

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A donut-shaped twist, or toroid, of DNA (shown in red) wedges the viral genome tightly within the protein envelope of the bacteriophage.

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Credit: Jinghua Tang/UCSD

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