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Tomato bushy stunt virus at 5.5-Å resolution

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The coat of tomato bushy stunt virus is built from protein subunits having rigid domains connected by a flexible hinge. Two states of the hinge are present in the T = 3 icosahedral structure. Each subunit has a binding site for RNA on its inner surface.

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  1. Gibbs Laboratory, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138

    F. K. Winkler, C. E. Schutt & S. C. Harrison

  2. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK

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Winkler, F., Schutt, C., Harrison, S. et al. Tomato bushy stunt virus at 5.5-Å resolution. Nature 265, 509–513 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/265509a0

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