X-Ray Pulses Reveal Structure of Viral Cocoon (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

X-Ray Pulses Reveal Structure of Viral Cocoon

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Atomic model of the crystalline occlusion bodies, derived from the X-ray diffraction images recorded at the X-ray free-electron laser LCLS at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The individual proteins (right) stick together to form the building blocks (left, seen from the side; center, seen from above) of the crystalline occlusion bodies.

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Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY

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