title: Cohelical arrangement of the DNA strand in the core of Marek's disease virus particles.
abstract: Electron microscopic studies on Marek's disease virus demonstrated that fibrils of 20 to 30 A were arranged in a cohelical configuration within an electronopaque band of about 100 A thickness in the core of immature particles. These fibrils were presumed to be the DNA double helix itself. This configuration may represent an arrangement of the herpesvirus DNA.
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid; D004279:DNA, Viral; D008381:Herpesvirus 2, Gallid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D014771:Virion / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral