Cryoelectron microscopy of vitrified Sendai virions.
Morphology of vitrified Sendai virions was studied by transmission type electron microscopy. Almost all the virions appeared to be completely spherical, although their diameters differed. A possibly continuously long nucleocapsid was seen running helically in an envelope. Spikes were seen on the virion surfaces. The results indicate pleomorphism of Sendai virions in size but not in shape.
Hosaka
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Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan.
Watabe
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D005615:Freezing; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / Q000648:ultrastructure*