Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses

F. Englert; K. Peeters; A. Taormina

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031908

Twenty-four near-instabilities of Caspar-Klug viruses

F. Englert, K. Peeters, A. Taormina

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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.

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Pages (from-to)	031908
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
Volume	78
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031908
Publication status	Published - 2008

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