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Up Where We Oblong 

Up Where We Oblong 

Punam Bisht, Rudolf Jaenisch

MIT Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute

This image reveals the packaging of complete virions inside the cells following infection. 

These images shed light on the arrangement of viral proteins in different cells of a unique host: the bat.

 

Three overlapping oval shapes, the two largest oil adorned in fluorescent purples and greens with the smallest grey and moonlike in appearance

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green and magenta streaks against a black background
Grey field littered with points and larger circular masses.
Fluorescent green and blue cluster like structures in a black background
web of fibers, thread-like on the left in purple, fuzzy on the right in blue
Glittery blue and hot pink sequin like scales riddling two spherical shapes.

Keywords

  • 2025
  • cell stress
  • confocal microscopy
  • Jaenisch Laboratory
  • MIT Department of Biology
  • tissue repair
  • viruses
  • Whitehead Institute

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