The finest ultrastructural details of the inner layer of rotavirus revealed by minimal electron doses.
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.
Hernandez
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Centro de Investigacion y Diagnostico en Parasitologia, Facultad de Microbiologia y Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose.
Akahori
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H
Hosaka
Y
Y
Ikegami
N
N
Akatani
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K
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000648:ultrastructure*