In case of helical viruses, capsomers are arranged helically around the viral genome, giving the virus an elongated tube-like structure. In case of icosahedral viruses, icosahedral symmetry ...

Influenza virus is a common cause of human respiratory ... Each vRNA segment forms a helical hairpin in shape, and is bound by the heterotrimeric RNA polymerase complex. The rest of it is coated ...

These antibodies could serve as an army ready to bind to the invading virus and prevent it from ... The epitope adopts a helical or spiral shape when removed from the surface of HIV, but the ...

The RNP complex is the influenza virus’s essential package ... and that RNA synthesis does not disrupt the double-helical structure, says Takeshi Noda, who leads the ultrastructural virology ...