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. 2015 Oct 21;81(22):7680–7686. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01278-15

TABLE 2.

Effect of ionic strength ([NaCl]) on the distribution of secondary structures in VLPs, based on circular dichroism spectroscopy

VLP Ionic strength (M) Secondary structure type (%)
α-Helix β-Strand Turns Unordered
GI.1 0.00 6.4 39.8 18.9 35.4
0.10 15.9 26.8 19.4 37.4
0.25 14.8 26.1 19.9 38.9
GII.4 0.00 7.5 36.1 19.9 37.0
0.10 6.7 33.2 22.9 37.7
0.25 6.3 30.0 20.7 41.9
FCV 0.00 5.8 38.3 23.1 32.1
0.10 16.1 27.4 19.7 36.3
0.25 16.9 23.6 18.1 40.9