Summary

A full BTV viral particle :) Behold the 60 trimers of the VP2 triskelions !

PubMed ID 20 332 209
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1073/pnas.0913403107
Zhang X, Boyce M, Bhattacharya B, Zhang X, Schein S, Roy P, Zhou ZH
Bluetongue virus coat protein VP2 contains sialic acid-binding domains, and VP5 resembles enveloped virus fusion proteins.
Citation Year: 2010

Print Settings

Printer:

TEVO Nereus

                                            <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong>                     <div><p>Yes</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>Yes</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>                     <div><p>0.2</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>                     <div><p>40%</p></div></p>                                                    <strong>Filament:</strong> ICE ABS                Wondrous White                    <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>Nozzle 255°C and bed 90°C. Print speed 60.<br>About 30 hours to be printed !</p></div>

Post-Printing

Quite a lot of support to remove and some stringing.

How I Designed This

Generated from NIH 3D Print Exchange
https://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx-000901

This Model was autogenerated from the "Quick Submit" tool.
Model ID 3DPX-000901
Category :
Proteins, Macromolecules and Viruses
Electron Microscopy Data Bank ID
5147

Custom Section

A major improvement would be to separate the structures with color.

Bluetongue virus particle with outer core