title: Properties of a filamentous virus of the honey bee (Apis mellifera).
abstract: An ellipsoidal particle, measuring 450 x 150 nm, from honey bees comprises a nucleocapsid measuring 3000 x 40 nm, containing double-stranded DNA with a molecular weight of approximately 12 x 10(6), which is coiled within a membrane. The buoyant densities in CsCl of the whole particle, nucleocapsid, DNA and DNA with ethidium bromide are 1.28, 1.36, 1.71 and 1.61 g/ml, respectively. The particle contains about 12 proteins, with molecular weights ranging from 13,000 to 70,000, which are distributed approximately equally between the membrane and the nucleocapsid.
authors.affiliation: Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts., AL5 2JQ England.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Woods