Before revision: We predict crucial inter-atomic interactions between monomers for the autonomous assembly of three icosahedral viral capsids , Adeno Associated Virus type 2 (AAV2) , Murine Parvo Virus (MVM),  and Bromo Mosaic Virus (BMV), by approximating changes in the partition function of the capsid assembly landscape when an interaction is removed.
After revision: Icosahedral viruses range in diameter from 10's to 100's of nanometers, their infectious genome encapsulated by a shell assembled by a poorly understood multiscale process, starting from an integer multiple (the T number) of 60 nearly identical viral capsid or coat protein (VP) monomers. We predict and experimentally validate inter-atomic interactions between monomers for the autonomous assembly of three icosahedral viral capsids , Adeno Associated Virus type 2 (AAV2) , Murine Parvo Virus (MVM), and Bromo Mosaic Virus (BMV), by approximating changes in the partition function of the capsid assembly landscape when an interaction is removed.