Within the materials science community, proteins with cage-like architectures are being
developed as versatile nanoscale platforms for use in protein nanotechnology. Much effort …

Highlights•Mature capsid size and shape are determined during the assembly of
procapsids.•Intra-capsomer and inter-capsomer contacts are critical for regulating procapsid …

Proteins represent the most sophisticated building blocks available to an organism and to
the laboratory chemist. Yet, in contrast to nearly all other types of molecular building blocks …

Influenza virus ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs) are central to the viral life cycle and in
adaptation to new host species. RNPs are composed of the viral genome, viral polymerase …

Viruses, the molecular nanomachines infecting hosts ranging from prokaryotes to
eukaryotes, come in different sizes, shapes, and symmetries. Questions such as what …

Introns containing homing endonucleases are widespread in nature and have long been
assumed to be selfish elements that provide no benefit to the host organism. These genetic …

For many (if not all) bacterial and archaeal tailed viruses and eukaryotic Herpesvirdae the
HK97-fold serves as the major architectural element in icosahedral capsid formation while …

The study describes the first application of photocatalytic membranes for virus removal and
inactivation. In the proposed hybrid treatment process, a UV lamp and a microfiltration …

Bacteriophages of Borrelia burgdorferi are a biologically important but under-investigated
feature of the Lyme disease-causing spirochete. No virulent borrelial viruses have been …

Charge detection mass spectrometry (CDMS) is a single-molecule technique particularly
well-suited to measuring the mass and charge distributions of heterogeneous, MDa-sized …