Paul van der Schoot
Virus Assembly and the Topology of ssRNA
deskeng.com/articles/aaahnd.htm Konecny et al. Biopolymers 82 (2006) 106
ARMs
CPs
cavity
in vitro encapsulation: • native ss RNAs• foreign ss RNAs• ds DNA• synthetic polyanions• nanoparticles
Roya Zandi
Qd
dlR
d
dM
g
g
12
1
12
1~
2
*
Yoffe et al. PNAS 105 (2008), 16153
Are viral RNAs special?
branching
capsid size charges on ARMs
solvent quality
Flory theory:
Gopal et al. preprint (2011)
RNA viral 54
RNA random 3
branchedrandomly4
linear2
g
g
g
g
d
d
d
d