Our results indicate that interactions between viral tegument and envelope proteins are essential for infectious particle assembly and that inhibition of these interactions can limit envelopment and ...

At the core of the particle is the viral DNA that is surrounded by an icosahedral capsid. Between the capsid and the envelope is an amorphous layer referred to as the tegument. It is in this ...

The virus is composed of three layers—a capsid that contains the viral DNA, a protein layer called the tegument and an outer envelope that is studded with viral glycoproteins (proteins with a ...