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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 6. Steps in the HSV capsid assembly and DNA packaging pathway.

Figure 6

The mechanism is illustrated starting with the assembly of the procapsid (A), the initiation of DNA packaging (B), and the formation of a stable DNA-containing capsid that is primed for nuclear egress (C). The viral proteins associated with each step in the process are indicated.