Radial Distribution of RNA Genomes Packaged inside Spherical Viruses
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Radial distribution of RNA genomes packaged inside spherical viruses.
The problem of RNA genomes packaged inside spherical viruses is studied. The RNA-capsid attraction is assumed to be nonspecific and occurs at the inner capsid surface only. For weak attraction, RNA concentration is maximum at the center of the capsid to maximize their configurational entropy. For stronger attraction, RNA concentration peaks near the capsid surface. In the latter case, the compe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.198102