Cross Sections of Empty and Filled Virus (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Cross Sections of Empty and Filled Virus

Caption

This image shows cross-sections of the empty prohead of the bacteriophage phi29 (left) and the fully assembled virus (right). A molecular motor transports the DNA (red) into the prohead through a portal. Higher resolution TIFF image available.

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Jingua Tang and Timothy Baker, University of California, San Diego

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