Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses

Englert, F.; Peeters, K.; Taormina, A.

doi:10.1103/physreve.78.031908

Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses

Englert, F.; Peeters, K.; Taormina, A.

Authors

F. Englert

Dr Kasper Peeters kasper.peeters@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Professor Anne Taormina anne.taormina@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Group theoretical arguments combined with normal mode analysis techniques are applied to a coarse-grained approximation of icosahedral viral capsids which incorporates areas of variable flexibility. This highlights a remarkable structure of the low-frequency spectrum in this approximation, namely, the existence of a plateau of 24 near zero modes with universal group theory content.

Citation

Englert, F., Peeters, K., & Taormina, A. (2008). Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 78(3), Article 031908. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.78.031908

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2008
Deposit Date	Feb 9, 2011
Publicly Available Date	Apr 24, 2013
Journal	Physical review . E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Print ISSN	1539-3755
Electronic ISSN	1550-2376
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	78
Issue	3
Article Number	031908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.78.031908