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The Structure of Viruses

The electron microscope reveals that these infectious particles possess three principal types of symmetry. Each species of virus is ingeniously assembled from just a few kinds of building block

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 208 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Structure of Viruses” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 208 No. 1 (), p. 48
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0163-48