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Comment
. 2011 Nov;9(11):e1001198.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001198. Epub 2011 Nov 15.

Marburg virus structure revealed in detail

Richard Robinson  1
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Marburg virus structure revealed in detail

Richard Robinson. PLoS Biol. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Ultrastructural analysis of a filovirus assembling within infected eukaryotic cells reveals differences in structure and assembly mechanisms between related RNA viruses.

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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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Marburg virus particles were imaged in 3-D in the act of budding from infected cells. Analyzing such images sheds light on the structure of the virus and the mechanisms by which it is assembled.
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