Virus capsid — the geometry of viruses (3D)

About this app

An icosahedral capsid of 60·T subunits after Caspar and Klug: choose T = 1, 3, 4 or 7 and see that there are always exactly 12 pentamers while the hexamers increase. Self-assembly from a nucleus, symmetry axes (5-, 3-, 2-fold), the unfolded net with the step (h, k), envelope with spikes and a cut down to the genome. Exhibit-ready.

Subject: Biology & neuroscience

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