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The role of long range forces in ordered arrays of tobacco mosaic virus

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We examine the role of electrostatic repulsion and van der Waals' attraction in determining interviral spacings in ‘equilibrium’ gels of tobacco mosaic virus. The observed spacings are inconsistent with a force-balance model. Experimental probes of the role of forces are suggested.

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Parsegian, V., Brenner, S. The role of long range forces in ordered arrays of tobacco mosaic virus. Nature 259, 632–635 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259632a0

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