Shape-Shifting Virus Shell (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Shape-Shifting Virus Shell (1 of 2)

Caption

As a retrovirus matures, the two parts of its shell protein (red and blue or yellow and blue) dramatically rearrange themselves, twisting and moving away from each other.

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EMBL/T.Bharat

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