This page is best viewed with Netscape 2.0 or a more recent version. Click on image for close-up. Town Cape Town, South Africa.
Adenoviruses are non-enveloped icosahedral particles.
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. While the database is under development documents are subjected to changes and corrections.