Structure of the herpes simplex virus portal-vertex.

Herpesviruses include many important human pathogens such as herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, and the oncogenic Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Herpes virions contain a large icosahedral capsid that has a portal at a unique 5-fold vertex, s...

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Main Authors: Marion McElwee, Swetha Vijayakrishnan, Frazer Rixon, David Bhella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006191