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The atomic structure of the bluetongue virus core

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  • Jonathan M. Grimes

    (The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
    Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Building)

  • J. Nicholas Burroughs

    (Institute of Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory)

  • Patrice Gouet

    (The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
    Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Building
    C.N.R.S.-I.P.B.S., Groupe de cristallographie biologique)

  • Jonathan M. Diprose

    (The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
    EMBL Grenoble Outstation)

  • Robyn Malby

    (The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford)

  • Stephan Ziéntara

    (C.N.E.V.A. Alfort, Laboratoire Central de Recherches Vétérinaires)

  • Peter P. C. Mertens

    (Institute of Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory)

  • David I. Stuart

    (The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
    Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Building)

Abstract

The structure of the core particle of bluetongue virus has been determined by X-ray crystallography at a resolution approaching 3.5 Å. This transcriptionally active compartment, 700 Å in diameter, represents the largest molecular structure determined in such detail. The atomic structure indicates how approximately 1,000 protein components self-assemble, using both the classical mechanism of quasi-equivalent contacts, which are achieved through triangulation, and a different method, which we term geometrical quasi-equivalence.

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  • Jonathan M. Grimes & J. Nicholas Burroughs & Patrice Gouet & Jonathan M. Diprose & Robyn Malby & Stephan Ziéntara & Peter P. C. Mertens & David I. Stuart, 1998. "The atomic structure of the bluetongue virus core," Nature, Nature, vol. 395(6701), pages 470-478, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:395:y:1998:i:6701:d:10.1038_26694
    DOI: 10.1038/26694
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