Ebola virus.
- Goodsell, David S.
- Date:
- 2014
- Reference:
- 30106063i
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Ebola virus 2,000,000 X.
Description
Watercolour and ink on paper illustration of a cross section through an ebola virus particle. https://wellcome.org/press-release/winner-2016-wellcome-image-awards-announced
Publication/Creation
[California] : 2014.
Physical description
1 painting : watercolour on paper; 76 x 41.8 cm
Lettering
Ebola virus 2,000,000 X [written below image in pencil], signed and dated 2014.
Notes
Watercolour and ink on paper illustration of a cross section through an ebola virus particle. The virus is surrounded by a membrane (pink/purple) stolen from an infected cell, and studded with Ebola glycoproteins (turquoise; extend outwards and look like trees rooted in the membrane). A layer of matrix proteins (blue) support the membrane on the inside, and hold a cylindrical nucleocapsid (green) at the centre, which stores and delivers the RNA genome (yellow). The width of the virus is approximately 100 nanometres to the outer edge of the membrane.
Title provided by the artist.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30106063i
Awards note
Wellcome Image Awards overall winner, 2014.
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores