To build the IAU (excluding the penton protein), 51 pseudo-hexameric capsomers and one-third of the capsomer located at the 3-fold symmetry axis are required, resulting in a total of 154 major capsid ...

The innermost layer consists of 162 capsomers that form the nucleocapsid, whose icosahedral shape is shared by all herpes viruses. This capsid contains the large HSV-1 dsDNA genome, consisting of ...