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Self-assembly of the protein subunits of tobacco mosaic virus takes place by a series of steps. The natural state of aggregation of TMV protein is not the helix but the 20S disk, which consists of two paired rings of seventeen sub-units each. Movement of 5 Å is involved in the pairing. Control of the aggregation and its consequences for virus assembly are described in the next two articles.
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DURHAM, A., FINCH, J. & KLUG, A. States of Aggregation of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Protein. Nature New Biology 229, 37–42 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229037a0
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