#capsid — Public Fediverse posts
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`It has two tails with the 30-nanometer-wide one being the star of the show. Extending up to 2.3 micrometers, it’s the longest virus appendage described to date`
https://www.science.org/content/article/giant-virus-record-long-tail-discovered-pacific-ocean
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Viral Legacy: How Retrotransposon-Derived Capsids Set Sleep Depth in the Fly Brain
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https://1ban.news/arc-capsid-signaling-sleep-depth-drosophila-2026/
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26-Mar-2025
Remember #ebola?
Zooming in on the #structure of the still lethal #virushttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078261 #science #structuralBiology #protein #capsid
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"In addition, while the capsid is associated with budding initiation, it is not required for curvature formation. By determining the NEC structure in several #conformations, we show that curvature arises from an asymmetric assembly of disordered and hexagonally ordered lattice domains independent of pUL25 or other #viral #capsid vertex components. Our results advance our understanding of the mechanism of nuclear egress in the context of a living cell."
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In most cases, the virus's #genetic material, #DNA is enclosed within a protective protein shell called a #capsid . A research group at Lund University is working to understand the process by which the #virus ejects its genetic material from the capsid and into cells and what causes the virus's DNA to be released.
#Biology #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/11/bio11082302.html