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Jean-Yves Sgro, Ph.D.
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legend: Largest and smallest complete viral particles solved by X-Ray crystallography. Both structures are reprented here to scale.

The larger structure is simian virus 40 (PDB entry 1SVA, Stehle et. al. 1996), a Polyomavirus from the Papovaviridae family. The non-enveloped icosahedral particles, ~45 nm in diameter contains the circular dsDNA genome. 72 pentameric capsomers are arrange on a T=7d icosahedral lattice, 12 strict pentamers at the icosahedral vertices have only 5 neighbouring capsomers while the other and 60 pentameric capsomers are arranged in hexamers. View is along an icosahedral 2-fold axis of symmetry.

The small structure is that of satellite tobacco necrosis virus (PDB entry 2STV, Unge et. al. 1980). The non-enveloped icosahedral particles, ~17 nm in diameter contains the linear ssRNA genome. 60 proteins are arranges on a T=1 icosahedral lattice. View is along an icosahedral 5-fold axis of symmetry.

T.STEHLE,S.J.GAMBLIN,Y.YAN,S.C.HARRISON The structure of simian virus 40 refined at 3.1 A resolution STRUCTURE (LONDON) 4, 165 1996

T.UNGE,L.LILJAS,B.STRANDBERG,I.VAARA,K.K.KANNAN, K.FRIDBORG,C.E.NORDMAN,P.J.LENTZ *JUNIOR Satellite tobaco necrosis virus structure at 4.0 A resolution NATURE 285,373 1980

Archives of Virology
All 1999 volumes.
ISSN 0304-8608
Springer-Verlag Wien

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legend: Coxscakievirus B3 image is a computer representation derived fromx-ray coordinates (Mucklebauer et al. Structure 3:653, 1995). The PDB ENTRY for the virus is 1COV. The GRASP protein molecular surface is radially depth-cued to visually highlight surface features. The canyon is clearly evident. Note that the canyons are not continuous around the 5-fold icosahedral axes. (Courtesy of Dr. Jean-Yves Sgro, University of Wisconsin-Madison; sgro@rhino.bocklabs.wisc.edu).

Photomicrographs of 0.6 micron thick hemotoxylin and eosin stained sections of heart (above) and pancreas (below) taken from a C3H/HeJ male mouse, 10 days post-inoculation with the cardiovirulent wild-type strain of CVB3, CVB3/DO. Note significant and widespread regions of necrosis and calcification in heart section typical of results induced by infection with a cardiovirulent CVB3. Pancreas has sustained severe damage to acinar cells. Original magnification x100.

The Coxsackie B Viruses
S. Tracy, N.M. Chapman and B.W.J. Mahy (Eds)
Springer
1997
ISSN 0070-217X
ISBN 3-540-62390-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 15-12910
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legend: Computer-generated image of poliovirus type 1 Mahoney strain derived from X-ray coordinates (PDB entry 2PLV, Hogle et al.) showing a virion oriented along one of twelve icosahedral 50fold symmetry axes. Image generated by J.-Y. Sgro with the program GRASP on Silicon Graphics. There are three articles about poliovirus in this issue: M.-M. Georgescu et al. (pages 1819-1828), B. Rombaut and J.P. M. Jore (pages 1829-1832) and F. J. M. Kuppeveld et al. (pages 1833-1840).

Image represents poliovirus type 1 Mahoney (X-ray data Hogle et al., 1985, Science 229: 1358) seen along one icosahedral 5-fold axis. Down in the depression around the 5-fold axis the small yellow sticks represent a visible portion of the "pocket factor". In most rhinoviruses this pocket entry would be blocked by the C-terminal end of the VP3 protein "hanging" above the pore entrance.
The image in radially depth cued to enhance toppographical perception of the surface. Lighter colors are more prominents, darker colors represents areas closer to the virion center.
Created with Grasp (A.Nicholls) on Silicon Graphics from PDB published coordinates (PDB entries 2PLV).
Image created by JY Sgro.

Journal of General Virology
Volume 78 Part 8
August 1997
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Image represents halved virion particles of Theiler's virus BeAn (green) and DA (orange) strains, showns side by side for comparison, created with Grasp on Silicon Graphics from PDB published coordinates (PDB entries 1TME (DA) and 1TMF (BeAn)).
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Journal of General Virology
Off-Print promotional cover
1997

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Computer graphics of the three-dimensional structure of bean pod mottle virus. The surface of virions has been radially depth-cued to enhance depiction of surface topography. Virions on the left appear in various orientations; prominent structures protrudeat axes of 5-fold symmetry (yellow); deep depressions occur at axes of 2-fold symmetry; and small surface ridges are visible at axes of 3-fold symmetry. The virion at the right has been sliced through is center to reveal interior features. Capsid protein atoms are delineated as blue spheres to show the capsid thickness (<10 Å at 2-fold axes, > 40 Å at 5-fold axes). About 20% of the virion RNA was detected; it appears as trefoils (pink) at axes of 3-fold symmetry. In the foreground an edge of a virion appeats at close range. The structure of this virus was solved in the laboratory of J.E. Johnson, then at Purdue University [Chen et al., Science 245:154-159 (1989)]. The illustration was created on a Silicon Graphics Workstation, using the program GRASP as developped by Anthony Nicholls of Columbia University. The image was composed and produced by Jean-Yves Sgro of the Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706-1596 USA. Archives of Virology
All 1996 volumes.
ISSN 0304-8608
Springer-Verlag Wien
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Artistic rendering of a Mengo virion releasing its single stranded RNA genome after infecting a cell. Four kinds of viral coat proteins assemble following icosahedral symmetry o form a shell around the genome. The icosahedral 5-fold axis of symmetry is easily recognized at the center of the pentamers, star shaped raised surfaces. See "Using Viral Genes to Fight Disease," p. 1050.
Image created by JY Sgro
BIOTECHNOLOGY
volume 13 October 1995 Number 10
ISSN 0733-222X
Nature Publishing Co., owned by Nature America, Inc., a subsidiary of Macmillan Magazines of London.

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Computer graphics representation of the virion of human rhinovirus 14 along the icosahedral 3-fold axis of symmetry, highlighting the topographic details of the surface. Lighter colored structures are situated further away from the virion center, showing that the 5-fold axis region is the most prominent feature. The "canyon" is clearly seen as a dark blue depression around the 5-fold axis and is the binding site for the cellular receptor ICAM-1. A depression is visible at the icosahedral 2-fold axis of symmetry (equidistant between two 5-fold vertices), but has no known role. Antibody binding sites determined by escape mutations are shown in magenta and clearly appear in more exposed (white or light blue) areas on "domes" and "ridges", suggesting that the dark and blue areas are not within the reach of antibodies.
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Medical Virology
David O. White
Frank J. Fenner
Academic Press, Inc.
ISBN 0-12-746642-8
1994

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Image created by JY Sgro from VSurf Data (VSurfProgram from Michael Rossamnn) and visualized with FRODO on an Evans & Sutherland PS390 series workstation.

NIAID
Report of the Task Force on Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
1992

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