On the Mathematics of Virus Shell Assembly
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Berger, Bonnie; Shor, Peter W.
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A local rule theory is developed which shows that the self-assembly of icosahedral virus shells may depend on only the lower-level interactions of a protein subunit with its neighbors, i.e. local rules, rather than on larger structural building blocks. The local rule theory provides a framework for understanding the assembly of icosahedral viruses.
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1994-07Series/Report no.
MIT-LCS-TM-519