Viral DNA imaged inside shell
June 18, 2008 | Source: KurzweilAI
UC San Diego researchers and colleagues used electron microscopy and 3D computer reconstruction to find and image the structure of an asymmetrical virus at 8 Angstroms (.8 nanometer) resolution.
Tightly wound viral DNA in a bacteriophage (UCSD)
Previously, only symmetrical spherical viruses had been imaged with this resolution. The image will help to unravel how the virus locks onto its host and infects the cells by injecting its DNA.