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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol. 2017;223:119–142. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-53168-7_6

Figure 1. Structure of the HSV-1 virion.

Figure 1

The diagram at left depicts the four major structural components of the HSV-1 virion: (i) the outer envelope studded with various glycoproteins, (ii) the proteinaceous tegument layer, and (iii) the icosahedral capsid that houses (iv) the dsDNA core. Corresponding features in a cryo-electron micrograph of a virion are indicated at right. Bar = 500 Å.