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. 2015 Oct 8;6:8316. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9316

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(a) Electron density for the N termini of VP3 and the ordered RNA around the five-fold axis. (b) The structure of VP3 N termini around the five-fold axis (individual copies distinguished as blue, green, red, orange and grey ribbons, from residue 4 labelled N to residue 64 labelled C) and their proximity to the RNA (magenta). (c) Inner electrostatic surface of the LV pentamer showing the predominance of positive charge that interacts with the backbone of the genomic RNA (magenta sticks). (d) Cartoon diagram representing the LV genomic RNA as a sphere with ordered fragments forming pentameric protrusions (magenta); the pentamers of capsid protein associate with the genome RNA through electrostatic interaction.