Outputs (3)

Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses (2008)
Journal Article
Englert, F., Peeters, K., & Taormina, A. (2008). Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 78(3), Article 031908. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.78.031908

Group theoretical arguments combined with normal mode analysis techniques are applied to a coarse-grained approximation of icosahedral viral capsids which incorporates areas of variable flexibility. This highlights a remarkable structure of the low-f... Read More about Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses.

Dynamical implications of Viral Tiling Theory (2008)
Journal Article
Elsawy, K., Taormina, A., Twarock, R., & Vaughan, L. (2008). Dynamical implications of Viral Tiling Theory. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 252(2), 357-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.003

The Caspar–Klug classification of viruses whose protein shell, called viral capsid, exhibits icosahedral symmetry, has recently been extended to incorporate viruses whose capsid proteins are exclusively organised in pentamers. The approach, named ‘Vi... Read More about Dynamical implications of Viral Tiling Theory.

Dynamics of Icosahedral Viruses: What Does Viral Tiling Theory Teach Us? (2008)
Journal Article
Peeters, K., & Taormina, A. (2008). Dynamics of Icosahedral Viruses: What Does Viral Tiling Theory Teach Us?. Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 9(3-4), 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/17486700802168270

We present a top-down approach to the study of the dynamics of icosahedral virus capsids, in which each protein is approximated by a point mass. Although this represents a rather crude coarse-graining, we argue that it highlights several generic feat... Read More about Dynamics of Icosahedral Viruses: What Does Viral Tiling Theory Teach Us?.