Microplastic surface biofilms: a review of structural assembly, influencing factors, and ecotoxicity
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1701766
Abstract: As plastic pollution continues to escalate, the widespread presence and potential hazards of microplastics as an emerging global contaminant have drawn increasing attention. In natural environments, microplastic surfaces are prone to colonization by microbial biofilms… read more here.
Keywords: surface biofilms; structural assembly; assembly influencing; biofilms review ... See more keywords
Structural Assembly of Qβ Virion and Its Diverse Forms of Virus-like Particles
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DOI: 10.3390/v14020225
Abstract: The coat proteins (CPs) of single-stranded RNA bacteriophages (ssRNA phages) directly assemble around the genomic RNA (gRNA) to form a near-icosahedral capsid with a single maturation protein (Mat) that binds the gRNA and interacts with… read more here.
Keywords: like particles; rna; structural assembly; virus like ... See more keywords