"All bacteria have double-stranded DNA, but viruses have different kinds of structure — there are DNA genomes, RNA genomes, double-stranded, single-stranded …" Anantharaman told Live Science.

In general, viruses attach to different cell surface molecules as the first step of infection. While this study provides ...

Later, the structure of these mysterious microbes was discovered. Viruses have a very simple form; a DNA or RNA genome - genetic code - surrounded by a protective protein coat. Some viruses ...

McMaster researchers found that bacteriophages treated under specific conditions form flower-like structures that are highly ...

A research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison produced high-resolution images of RSV structure, important for RSV ...

"We were trying to protect the structure of this beneficial virus," Tian says. "That was the technical challenge we were trying to overcome. What we got was this amazing structure, which was made ...

The hepatitis E virus affects the liver. But infected liver cells secrete a viral protein that reacts with antibodies in the blood and may form complexes that can damage the filter structure of the ...

In general, viruses attach to different cell surface molecules as the first step of infection. While this study provides several still images of the phage structure, the researchers do not ...

Bacterial viruses, known as phages, are the most abundant biological ... have described the full molecular structure of the phage DEV. DEV infects and lyses Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, an ...