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of 24 nm. The center of each turret contains a ~3-nm channel. The function of this channel is not known but it may provide access between the interior and exterior of the virion. There appears to be a density at each end of the channel indicating that the channel may be blocked and suggesting a
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287:"Atomic structure of the 75 MDa extremophile Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus determined by CryoEM and X-ray crystallography"
424:"The structure of a thermophilic archaeal virus shows a double-stranded DNA viral capsid type that spans all domains of life"
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246:surface. The turrets have an average
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