Back from coffee break, Prof Kelch (UMass Med) describing motor mechanics of a capsid-stuffing viral DNA translocase
Stuffing DNA in to the capsid generates pressure, the virus resists using 'decoration proteins' that staple capsid together at threefold vertices
@BlayneyAJ so why does a virus "stuff" its DNA in to the capsid? Is there any particular reason?
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