Simulated sectioning of an aberrant VZV nucleocapsid. A 3-D model of the aberrant nucleocapsid illustrated in the
previous picture was sectioned along its 5-axis and 2-axis of symmetry. Sections 1-6 represent 6 of 10 serial sections along the 5-axis. The 7th structure represents a slice through the center of the 5-axis; this structure was empty because it was sectioned through a portion of the icosahedron that did not possess vertices. The 8th structure represents a capsid cut in half at its center and oriented from a viewpoint looking directly into the bottom half. Sections 9-11 represent selected slices along the 2-axis; they demonstrate images with two, four and six densities in the vertices.
Grose, C., Harson, R. and Beck, S. (1995). Computer Modeling of Prototypic and Aberrant Nucleocapsids of Varicella-Zoster Virus. Virology 214, 321-329
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