Scientists at the University of Washington Institute of Protein Design have designed and produced a self-assembling protein shell shaped like an icosahedron, similar to those that encapsulate viruses.

Zandi and her colleagues used a new simulation framework to capture key biological factors like protein diffusion, genome flexibility, and shape-shifting behavior to model how viral proteins ...

Many microbes wear beautifully patterned crystalline shells, which protect them from a harsh world and can even help them reel in food. Now scientists have zoomed in on the very first step in ...

Rik Harris and Kurtis Brown assemble tubes for firework shells in preparation of the Central PA 4th Fest, Saturday, June 21, 2014. CDT photo Marty Dreibelbis and Steve Updegrove spent most of Saturday ...

In the lab, proteins can assemble into irregular shells if no genome is present, or if the genome length is mismatched to the shell. These outcomes highlight the crucial role of the genome and the ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, around their genomes — a process that, while messy ...