title: Spontaneous degradation of reovirus capsid into subunits.
abstract: When a plaque-purified strain of reovirus type 3 (Dearing strain) degraded during storage, electron micrographs of the degraded virion were made which clearly demonstrated the substructural components of the outer capsid.
mesh_terms: D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002586:Cesium; D002712:Chlorides; D003956:Dialysis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008961:Models, Structural; D010772:Phosphotungstic Acid; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D014764:Viral Proteins; D010772:Phosphotungstic Acid; D002586:Cesium