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(mathematics) A mapping that preserves shape but allows size to change in a well-defined manner..
So-called “quasisymmetry” occurs if all subunits are chemically identical but have two slightly different conformations so that slightly different contacts can be made.
Evolution blindly explores every possibility, and as more and more structures of viral capsids have been studied, numerous exceptions to classic quasisymmetry have been found.
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Quasisymmetry means (mathematics) A mapping that preserves shape but allows size to change in a well-defined manner..
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So-called “quasisymmetry” occurs if all subunits are chemically identical but have two slightly different conformations so that slightly different contacts can be made.
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