Cover photograph (Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.): Three-dimensional reconstruction of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) nucleocapsid protein (N)-RNA rings. The recombinant expression of RSV N leads to production of decameric and undecameric ring structures. Docking of the crystallographic structure for the vesicular stomatitis virus N-RNA decameric ring highlights the remarkably similar morphologies of these two assemblies. The line drawing is a surface-contoured mesh representation of the reconstructed RSV N-RNA decameric ring viewed from above. (Image produced by Murray Robertson.) (See related article on page 9519.)
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