Structure of the herpes simplex virus portal-vertex
Fig 4
The unsharpened C5 reconstruction of HSV-1 is presented showing a series of radially cropped views of the interior density; these reveal the highly ordered arrangement of packaged DNA. The outermost (a), second (c), and third (e) shells are shown, revealing a left-handed spool of density. Spherical sections of each shell are also presented (b,d,f). HSV, Herpes Simplex Virus.