Bacteriophage T7 - Rigged / Walking EMD 5535

3D Model

In order to animate T7 bacteriophage “walking” across the cell (see reference below), we attempted to rig the EMD 5535 structure using character animation techniques in 3DS Max.

First test was to see how the model performed when human motion capture data was applied. http://www.sketchfabforscience.com/animation-of-t7-bacteriophage-using-cryo-em-data/

We exported the animation sequence into Sketchfab, as shown here.

EMDB › EMD-5535

Subtomogram averaging

40Å resolution

Visualization of Bacteriophage T7 Infection by Cryo-Electron Tomography

Source organisms:

Enterobacteria phage T7 [10760] Escherichia coli [562]

Related in-frame EM entries: EMD-5534, EMD-5536, EMD-5537 Related EM entries by publication: EMD-5537, EMD-5536, EMD-5534

Primary publication:

The bacteriophage t7 virion undergoes extensive structural remodeling during infection.

Hu B, Margolin W, Molineux IJ, Liu J

SCIENCE 339 576-579 (2013) PMID: 23306440

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry/emdb/EMD-5535