2008/01/01 by Kasper Peeters, Anne Taormina · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Quasicrystal Structures and Properties #q-bio.BM
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/17486700802168270
published as Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 9(03-04), 2008, 211 - 220. · 10 pages, contribution to the proceedings of the `Second Mathematical Virology Workshop', Edinburgh (6-10 August 2007)
openalex publication_date 2008/01/01 · arxiv created 2008/02/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a top‐down approach to the study of the dynamics of icosahedral virus capsids, in which each protein is approximated by a point mass. Although this represents a rather crude coarse‐graining, we argue that it highlights several generic features of vibrational spectra which have been overlooked so far. We furthermore discuss the consequences of approximate inversion symmetry as well as the role played by viral tiling theory in the study of virus capsid vibrations.