November
2006
, Volume
96
, Number
11
Pages
1,287
-
1,291
Authors
Gregory J.
Morgan
Affiliations
Department of Philosophy, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL 36608
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Accepted for publication 13 June 2006.
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ABSTRACT
This paper traces the beginnings of structural virology in the mid-20th century, focusing especially on the synergy between models of virus structure and models within art, notably Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes and Kenneth Snelson's tensegrity structures. As Donald Caspar and Aaron Klug sought to extend the Crick-Watson theory of spherical virus structure, they explored analogies between biology and architecture, eventually publishing the classic Caspar-Klug theory of virus structure in 1962.
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Additional keywords:
fivefold symmetry,
Francis Crick,
James Watson,
John McHale,
Kenneth Snelson,
Michael Goldberg,
poliovirus,
Rosalind Franklin,
self-assembly,
Tomato bushy stunt virus
,
triangulation number,
Turnip yellow mosaic virus
.
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