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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Virus Res. 2008 Sep 20;139(2):240–252. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.07.027

Figure 3. Poliovirus and the poliovirus RNA genome.

Figure 3

Poliovirus RNA genome (illustrated at the top of the figure) is packaged within virus particles (bottom left). The RNA genome is an mRNA encoding the capsid proteins and nonstructural proteins. Nonstructural proteins include the viral proteases and viral replicase proteins. Chemical formula for poliovirus from (Wimmer, 2006).