title: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray study of a double-shelled spherical virus, rice dwarf virus.
abstract: Rice dwarf virus (RDV) is a double-shelled spherical plant virus consisting of 46,000 Mr capsid and 114,000 Mr core proteins and minor structural proteins, and containing 12 genome segments of double-stranded RNA. The virus has been crystallized in the cubic space group I23 with a = 789 A. There are two particles per unit cell, each positioned on a point of 23 symmetry. Packing considerations showed that the diameter of the virus particle is 693 A. The crystals diffract to at least 6.5 A resolution.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukihara
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003460:Crystallization; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012275:Oryza; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction