Atomic model of DNA packed in viral capsid (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Atomic model of DNA packed in viral capsid

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26 million-atom simulation of a fully packaged HK97 particle. A quadrant of the protein capsid, colored in shades of blue, is removed to show the packaged DNA genome, colored in shades of red. 

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Aleksei Aksimentiev/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Credit Aleksei Aksimentiev/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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