Filling the Capsid (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Filling the Capsid

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This image shows gradual filling of viral capsid (blue oval, left panel) by DNA (yellow), which is driven into the capsid by the protein motor (red).

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Stephen Harvey, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

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