Assembly, maturation and three-dimensional helical structure of the teratogenic rubella virus
Fig 4
Nucleocapsid organization in rubella virions.
(A) Cross-section at the nucleocapsid surface of a rubella virion tomogram, showing a grid-like pattern of the nucleocapsid units (dashed red box). Scale bar is 50 Å long. (B) and (C) Left panel shows a tomogram section at the surface of the rubella virions; the right panel shows a section at the nucleocapsid surface. Red arrows indicate the glycoprotein rows and the corresponding nucleocapsid rows. Scale bar corresponds to a length of 100 Å. Black represents high density. A ball and stick model for the glycoprotein and nucleocapsid organization is given in S4 Fig.