The Smallest Capsid Protein Mediates Binding of the Essential Tegument Protein pp150 to Stabilize DNA-Containing Capsids in Human Cytomegalovirus

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that causes birth defects in newborns and life-threatening complications in immunocompromised individuals. Among all human herpesviruses, HCMV contains a much larger dsDNA genome within a similarly-sized capsid compared to the others, and it w...

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Main Authors: Dai, Xinghong, Yu, Xuekui, Gong, Hao, Jiang, Xiaohong, Abenes, Gerrado, Liu, Hongrong, Shivakoti, Sakar, Britt, William J., Zhu, Hua, Liu, Fenyong, Zhou, Z. Hong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744435/