title: Genome-sized RNA from reovirus particles.
abstract: Spider-like forms of purified reovirus RNA have been characterized by electron microscopy. These structures contained 11.3 +/- 0.8 mum of double-stranded RNA and up to 20 arms, each of distinct length. Length measurements of 64 "spiders" suggest that in these structures the viral genome is folded fairly specifically.
mesh_terms: D012089:Mammalian orthoreovirus 3 / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral