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Are our memories formed by an ancient virus?
Arc, a key protein in memory formation, looks and behaves like a retrovirus, moving RNA between cells in a virus-like capsid. Elissa Pastuzyn explains how this extraordinary protein ended up in our genome The Biologist 65(3) p14-17 Understanding how...
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Redefining Life
known viruses at the time of its discovery, and even bigger than some bacteria such as Mycoplasma and Rickettsia. Its capsid is pseudo-icosahedral (not the classic icosahedron), due to a star-shaped structure in one of the capsid vertex, named stargate,...
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