Assembly and Maturation of the Capsid
Wade Gibson
from: Cytomegaloviruses: Molecular Biology and Immunology (Edited by: Matthias J. Reddehase). Caister Academic Press, U.K. (2006)
Abstract
Production of infectious cytomegalovirus is initiated by assembly of procapsids, followed by their maturation to DNA-containing nucleocapsids. Many features of this process are conserved between cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus, but some are not. These similarities and differences are considered in this overview, which highlights some of the earliest and some of the most speculative aspects of CMV capsid formation read more ...
