| Literature DB >> 9261411 |
K J Palmer1, W Tichelaar, N Myers, N R Burns, S J Butcher, A J Kingsman, S D Fuller, H R Saibil.
Abstract
The virus-like particles (VLPs) produced by the yeast retrotransposon Ty1 are functionally related to retroviral cores. These particles are unusual in that they have variable radif. A paired mass-radius analysis of VLPs by scanning transmission electron microscopy showed that many of these particles form an icosahedral T-number series. Three-dimensional reconstruction to 38-A resolution from cryo-electron micrographs of T = 3 and T = 4 shells revealed that the single structural protein encoded by the TYA gene assembles into spiky shells from trimeric units.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9261411 PMCID: PMC191967
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103