Tensile strength of virus capsid

Value 1000 bar Range: ~ bar
Organism Virus
Reference Smith DE, Tans SJ, Smith SB, Grimes S, Anderson DL, Bustamante C. The bacteriophage straight phi29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force.Nature. 2001 Oct 18 413(6857):748-52.PubMed ID11607035
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