title: The finest ultrastructural details of the inner layer of rotavirus revealed by minimal electron doses.
abstract: The inner layer of human and calf rotavirus ultrastructure was analyzed using minimal doses in transmission electron microscopy. The morphological unit of spontaneously disrupted virions has the aspect of a flower-like structure, and its petals are hexagonally arranged and have a central pin hole. The similar flower appearance can be observed in complete virions and in rotavirus tube structures produced in aged samples of rotavirus kept for more than a year.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigacion y Diagnostico en Parasitologia, Facultad de Microbiologia y Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akahori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akatani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000648:ultrastructure*