title: Accumulation of altered viral nucleocapsids in mumps virus--persistently infected cell cultures.
abstract: Two long-term human cell cultures persistently infected with mumps virus accumulated increased amounts of morphologically altered viral nucleocapsids. Alterations involved size, heterogeneity, fine structure and shape. RNA present in intracellular nucleocapsids was predominantly of subgenomic size.
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000254:growth & development*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins