Affine extensions of the icosahedral group with applications to the three-dimensional organisation of simple viruses

DOI10.1007/s00285-008-0228-5zbMath1311.92071OpenAlexW1968574239WikidataQ51864800 ScholiaQ51864800MaRDI QIDQ843305

T. Keef, Reidun Twarock

Publication date: 12 October 2009

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-008-0228-5

zbMATH Keywords

icosahedral symmetryviral capsidsCaspar-Klug theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20) Other geometric groups, including crystallographic groups (20H15)

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