Viruses and Microcompartments

Virus and bacteriophages are a major focus of cryo-electronmicrosopy studies to understand structure, dynamics, and assembly of virus capsids. In addition, viral entry into host cells has been a topic of long-standing interest at MSU.

Microcompartments are bacterial organelles with virus capsid-like shells that are involved in sequestering certain cellular components to facilitate certain metabolic processes.

 

Groups

• Josh Vermaas
• Bob Hausinger
• Eric Hegg
• Cheryl Kerfeld
• David Weliky
• Kristin Parent
• Michael Feig
• Jim Geiger