Title Phasing of the Triatoma virus diffraction data using a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction.
Author Estrozi, L F; Neumann, E; Squires, G; Rozas-Dennis, G; Costabel, M; Rey, F A; Guerin, D M A; Navaza, J
Journal Virology Publication Year/Month 2008-May
PMID 18308357 PMCID -N/A-
Affiliation 1.IBS, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel CEA, France.

The blood-sucking reduviid bug Triatoma infestans, one of the most important vector of American human trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is infected by the Triatoma virus (TrV). TrV has been classified as a member of the Cripavirus genus (type cricket paralysis virus) in the Dicistroviridae family. This work presents the three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruction of the TrV capsid at about 25 A resolution and its use as a template for phasing the available crystallographic data by the molecular replacement method. The main structural differences between the cryo-EM reconstruction of TrV and other two viruses, one from the same family, the cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) and the human rhinovirus 16 from the Picornaviridae family are presented and discussed.

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