Viral capsids are often regarded as inert structural units, but in actuality they display fascinating dynamics during different stages of their life cycle. With the advent of single-particle approaches and high-resolution techniques, it is now possible to scrutinize viral dynamics during and after their assembly and during the subsequent development pathway into infectious viruses. In this Review, the focus is on the dynamical properties of viruses, the different physical virology techniques that are being used to study them, and the physical concepts that have been developed to describe viral dynamics.

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病毒动力学物理学

病毒衣壳通常被认为是惰性结构单元，但实际上它们在其生命周期的不同阶段显示出迷人的动态。随着单粒子方法和高分辨率技术的出现，现在可以在病毒组装期间和组装后以及随后发展为传染性病毒的过程中仔细检查病毒动力学。在这篇评论中，重点是病毒的动力学特性、用于研究它们的不同物理病毒学技术，以及为描述病毒动力学而开发的物理概念。