A Selection for Assembly Reveals That a Single Amino Acid Mutant of the Bacteriophage MS2 Coat Protein Forms a Smaller Virus-like Particle.
Asensio, M.A., Morella, N.M., Jakobson, C.M., Hartman, E.C., Glasgow, J.E., Sankaran, B., Zwart, P.H., Tullman-Ercek, D.(2016) Nano Lett 16: 5944-5950
- PubMed: 27549001 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02948
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4ZOR - PubMed Abstract: 
Virus-like particles are used to encapsulate drugs, imaging agents, enzymes, and other biologically active molecules in order to enhance their function. However, the size of most virus-like particles is inflexible, precluding the design of appropriately sized containers for different applications ...