Research

Benes Trus, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Structural Biology Research
Guest Worker


Phone: 301-496-2250
Fax: 301-402-2867
Building: 12A, Room: 2033
E-mail: trusb@mail.nih.gov 

 

 


Selected Publications

Heymann JB, Cheng N, Newcomb WW, Trus BL, Brown JC, Steven AC. Dynamics of herpes simplex virus capsid maturation visualized by time-lapse cryo-electron microscopy. Nat Struct Biol. 2003; 10(5):334-41. PubMed Icon

Cerritelli ME, Trus BL, Smith CS, Cheng N, Conway JF, Steven AC. A second symmetry mismatch at the portal vertex of bacteriophage T7: 8-fold symmetry in the procapsid core. J Mol Biol. 2003; 327(1):1-6. PubMed Icon

Cheng N, Trus BL, Belnap DM, Newcomb WW, Brown JC, Steven AC. Handedness of the herpes simplex virus capsid and procapsid. J Virol. 2002; 76(15):7855-9. PubMed Icon

Trus BL, Heymann JB, Nealon K, Cheng N, Newcomb WW, Brown JC, Kedes DH, Steven AC. Capsid structure of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, a gammaherpesvirus, compared to those of an alphaherpesvirus, herpes simplex virus type 1, and a betaherpesvirus, cytomegalovirus. J Virol. 2001; 75(6):2879-90. PubMed Icon

Cerritelli ME, Conway JF, Cheng N, Trus BL, Steven AC. Molecular mechanisms in bacteriophage T7 procapsid assembly, maturation, and DNA containment. Adv Protein Chem. 2003; 64:301-23. PubMed Icon

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