image: This is a surface rendering of an adenovirus (upper left) outer capsid. Here is also a cutaway view of adenovirus inner capsid surface (bottom left). Ribbon diagram of penton base (magenta) and fiber (gold) and electron density of fiber shaft (green) is shown on the right. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 27, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Vijay Reddy of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Crystal Structure of Human Adenovirus at 3.5-Angstrom Resolution." view more
Credit: Glen R. Nemerow