Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Nonequilibrium self-assembly dynamics of icosahedral viral capsids packaging genome or polyelectrolyte

  • Maelenn Chevreuil,
  • Didier Law-Hine,
  • Jingzhi Chen,
  • Stéphane Bressanelli,
  • Sophie Combet,
  • Doru Constantin,
  • Jéril Degrouard,
  • Johannes Möller,
  • Mehdi Zeghal,
  • Guillaume Tresset

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05426-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The mechanism by which virus capsules assemble around RNA to package their genetic material is not clear. Here, the authors observed the assembly of the cowpea chlorotic mottle virus capsid around viral RNA or poly(styrene sulfonic acid) using time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering measurements.