Biophysical properties of single rotavirus particles account for the functions of protein shells in a multilayered virus

AFM nanoindentation of protein shells, expanding the approach beyond viruses

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A single point mutation in precursor protein VI doubles the mechanical strength of human adenovirus

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Probing the Link among Genomic Cargo, Contact Mechanics, and Nanoindentation in Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus 2

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Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

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Contact Mechanics of a Small Icosahedral Virus

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Tuning Viral Capsid Nanoparticle Stability with Symmetrical Morphogenesis

(2016) Aida Llauró et al.   ACS Nano

Assembly and Mechanical Properties of the Cargo-Free and Cargo-Loaded Bacterial Nanocompartment Encapsulin

(2016) Joost Snijder et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Why Calcium? How Calcium Became the Best Communicator

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Cargo–shell and cargo–cargo couplings govern the mechanics of artificially loaded virus-derived cages

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How soft is a single protein? The stress–strain curve of antibody pentamers with 5 pN and 50 pm resolutions

(2016) Alma P. Perrino et al.   Nanoscale

Nanomechanical mapping of first binding steps of a virus to animal cells

(2016) David Alsteens et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atomic force microscopy observation and characterization of single virions and virus-like particles by nano-indentation

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Fluorescence Tracking of Genome Release during Mechanical Unpacking of Single Viruses

(2015) Alvaro Ortega-Esteban et al.   ACS Nano

Mechanics of Viral Chromatin Reveals the Pressurization of Human Adenovirus

(2015) Alvaro Ortega-Esteban et al.   ACS Nano

Calcium Ions Modulate the Mechanics of Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus

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50-plus years of fungal viruses

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A protein with simultaneous capsid scaffolding and dsRNA-binding activities enhances the birnavirus capsid mechanical stability

(2015) Johann Mertens et al.   Scientific Reports

Rotavirus Entry: a Deep Journey into the Cell with Several Exits

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Cementing proteins provide extra mechanical stabilization to viral cages

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New Insights into Rotavirus Entry Machinery: Stabilization of Rotavirus Spike Conformation Is Independent of Trypsin Cleavage

(2014) Javier M. Rodríguez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The interplay between mechanics and stability of viral cages

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Human Rotavirus VP6-Specific Antibodies Mediate Intracellular Neutralization by Binding to a Quaternary Structure in the Transcriptional Pore

(2013) Mohammed S. Aiyegbo et al.   PLoS One

Rotavirus mRNAS are released by transcript-specific channels in the double-layered viral capsid

(2013) J. Periz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Further characterisation of rotavirus cores: Ss(+)RNAs can be packaged in vitro but packaging lacks sequence specificity

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Monitoring dynamics of human adenovirus disassembly induced by mechanical fatigue

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The Battle between Rotavirus and Its Host for Control of the Interferon Signaling Pathway

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Location of the dsRNA-Dependent Polymerase, VP1, in Rotavirus Particles

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RELION: Implementation of a Bayesian approach to cryo-EM structure determination

(2012) Sjors H.W. Scheres   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structural insights into the coupling of virion assembly and rotavirus replication

(2012) Shane D. Trask et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mechanics of bacteriophage maturation

(2012) W. H. Roos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical elasticity as a physical signature of conformational dynamics in a virus particle

(2012) Milagros Castellanos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct Measurement of Phage phi29 Stiffness Provides Evidence of Internal Pressure

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Minimizing tip–sample forces in jumping mode atomic force microscopy in liquid

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Rotavirus-induced IFN-β promotes anti-viral signaling and apoptosis that modulate viral replication in intestinal epithelial cells

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X-ray Crystal Structure of the Rotavirus Inner Capsid Particle at 3.8 Å Resolution

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Effects of Salts on Internal DNA Pressure and Mechanical Properties of Phage Capsids

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Physical virology

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Viral calciomics: Interplays between Ca2+ and virus

(2009) Yubin Zhou et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Molecular interactions in rotavirus assembly and uncoating seen by high-resolution cryo-EM

(2009) J. Z. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The capillarity of nanometric water menisci confined inside closed-geometry viral cages

(2009) C. Carrasco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of Rotavirus Outer-Layer Protein VP7 Bound with a Neutralizing Fab

(2009) S. T. Aoki et al.   SCIENCE

Influence of Nonuniform Geometry on Nanoindentation of Viral Capsids

(2008) Melissa M. Gibbons et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Capsid of the Small RNA Phage PRR1 Is Stabilized by Metal Ions

(2008) Magnus Persson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Near-atomic resolution using electron cryomicroscopy and single-particle reconstruction

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