Adenovirus

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Diagram presented by

Department of Medical Microbiology
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa.

"Adenoviruses are non-enveloped icosahedral particles. The capsid is build up from 252 capsomers ( T=25 ), of which 240 are hexivalent and 12 (situated at the apex) pentavalent. A pento fibre projects from each apex. The pento fibres consist of a slender shaft with a globular head. They are involved in the process of attachment of the virus particle to the host cell."

Original WWW location of micrographs.

Taxonomic Descriptions

Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Family	Host
human adenovirus	Mastadenovirus	Adenoviridae	Homo sapiens

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