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Nanoscape II: Viral Assembly
This image depicts the process of of assembly of of a a a a a a poliovirus capsid capsid The viral capsid capsid or outer shell is is com- posed of of sixty copies each of of four distinct protein subunits which self-assemble into a a a a a a a spherical particle with the icosahedral symmetry of a a a a a a a soccer ball The depiction shows the the final pentameric sub-assembly (composed of of five copies each of of the the four chains) docking to to the the almost complete shell The coloring is radially depth cued to to emphasize the the hills and valleys of the viruses outer surface Nanoscape II: Viral Assembly
1999
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Fernando Orellana Nichole Maury and and and Janine Fron Arthur Olson The Scripps Research Institute
Virtual Photograph/PHSCologram: Duratrans Kodalth Plexiglas
30 30 x 30 30 inches
