Researchers from FOM institute AMOLF discovered this together with colleagues from Oxford and Jülich when they confined rod-shaped virus particles in doughnut-shaped micro-chambers.

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Seeking to mimic self-assembly processes that occur naturally, RIKEN researchers have demonstrated that the self-assembly of rod-shaped viruses can be controlled by applying a magnetic field. This ...

Steinmetz and co-workers found that a highly thermostable rod-shaped virus called Sulfolobus islandicus virus 2 (SIRV2) — isolated from an acidic hot spring at a temperature of 88 °C and a pH ...

In an experiment with exquisite sensitivity, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have found that fluctuations as fleeting as the bending of rod-shaped viruses just 880 millionths of a ...

In their simulation, they show a rod-shaped virus as it grabs hold of receptor molecules on the surface of the fibers. This is accomplished via the protein hemagglutinin that covers the surface of ...

The scientists developed a process which begins with the rod-shaped virus getting mixed with the pesticide ivermectin within a liquid solution. That solution is then heated to over 90 ºC (194 ºF ...

Shape of virus may determine RSV infection outcomes ... rod-shaped particles to more rounded ones — and this makes a difference in whether the complement proteins are activated or not.

The M13 bacteriophage, a rod-shaped virus that infects bacteria, is adorned in a molecular coat, woven from nearly 3,000 copies of a helical protein. The protein is positively charged on the inside ...

But instead of using collagen as their building block, the team turned to a harmless, rod-shaped virus that is naturally twisted, like collagen’s protein bundles.