SMALLPOX VIRUS particle rotating showing internal structures (from the surface inwards) outer protein layer (ruffled surface), outer lipid membrane, lateral bodies (discoid objects nestling in the hollows of the core), palisade protein layer (red) with scattered pores or channels, inner membrane, and DNA. Above animation shows a complex dissection of a scale model. Below are several whole smallpox particles (virions) rotating:
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