Fig. 1From: Engineering and expression of a human rotavirus candidate vaccine in Nicotiana benthamiana Schematic representation of a rotavirus virion. The virus is composed of an outer capsid (VP7 and VP4), an intermediate capsid (VP6), and an inner capsid (VP2). The outer capsid protein VP4 gets cleaved by proteases located in the host intestinal lumen into VP5* and VP8*. The average size of a rotavirus particle is 70Â nmBack to article page