February 1, 1983Open Access
Crystallization of a common cold virus, human rhinovirus 14: “Isomorphism” with poliovirus crystals
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Abstract
Crystals of rhinovirus 14 have been grown reproducibly. They diffract x-rays to a resolution of at least 3.5 A. The orthorhombic crystal unit cell contains two virions, each situated on a crystallographic twofold axis. At less than 30-A resolution, the space group approximates to 1222 with the particles possessing 222 pseudo crystallographic symmetry. The crystals are "isomorphous" with type I polio crystals Finch, J. T. Hogle, J. M. (1982) J. Mol. Biol. 160, 663-668, suggesting some similarities of structure between enteroviruses and rhinoviruses.