Viral Phrenology

We introduce Viral Phrenology, a new scheme for understanding the genomic composition of spherical viruses based on the locations of their structural protrusions. We used icosahedral point arrays to classify 135 distinct viral capsids collected from over 600 capsids available in the VIPERdb. Using g...

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Autores principales: David P. Wilson, Danielle A. Roof
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f27fa9b895c948639c06933902b4ca7d2021-11-25T19:13:13ZViral Phrenology10.3390/v131121911999-4915https://doaj.org/article/f27fa9b895c948639c06933902b4ca7d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2191https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4915We introduce Viral Phrenology, a new scheme for understanding the genomic composition of spherical viruses based on the locations of their structural protrusions. We used icosahedral point arrays to classify 135 distinct viral capsids collected from over 600 capsids available in the VIPERdb. Using gauge points of point arrays, we found 149 unique structural protrusions. We then show how to use the locations of these protrusions to determine the genetic composition of the virus. We then show that ssDNA, dsDNA, dsRNA and ssRNA viruses use different arrangements for distributing their protrusions. We also found that Triangulation number is also partially dependent on the structural protrusions. This analysis begins to tie together Baltimore Classification and Triangulation number using point arrays.David P. WilsonDanielle A. RoofMDPI AGarticleBaltimore Classificationvirus genomeTriangulation numberprotruding featuresspherical viruspoint arraysMicrobiologyQR1-502ENViruses, Vol 13, Iss 2191, p 2191 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Baltimore Classification
virus genome
Triangulation number
protruding features
spherical virus
point arrays
Microbiology
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spellingShingle Baltimore Classification
virus genome
Triangulation number
protruding features
spherical virus
point arrays
Microbiology
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David P. Wilson
Danielle A. Roof
Viral Phrenology
description We introduce Viral Phrenology, a new scheme for understanding the genomic composition of spherical viruses based on the locations of their structural protrusions. We used icosahedral point arrays to classify 135 distinct viral capsids collected from over 600 capsids available in the VIPERdb. Using gauge points of point arrays, we found 149 unique structural protrusions. We then show how to use the locations of these protrusions to determine the genetic composition of the virus. We then show that ssDNA, dsDNA, dsRNA and ssRNA viruses use different arrangements for distributing their protrusions. We also found that Triangulation number is also partially dependent on the structural protrusions. This analysis begins to tie together Baltimore Classification and Triangulation number using point arrays.
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