Plant Virus Shells Have Natural Advantages (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

Plant Virus Shells Have Natural Advantages

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The tubular shape of the tobacco mosaic virus shell helps it evade the body's immune system; the flexible filaments of the potato virus X shell allow it to slip inside a tumor.

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Andrzej Pitek

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