Open AccessUltrastructure of Bacteriophage 6: Arrangement of the Double-stranded RNA and Envelope
Author(s) -
Carlos F. Gonzalez,
Willem G. Langenberg,
James L. Van Etten,
Anne K. Vidaver
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/0022-1317-35-2-353
Subject(s) - biology , ultrastructure , nucleic acid , virology , icosahedral symmetry , envelope (radar) , bacteriophage , dna , rna , virus , hexagonal crystal system , membrane , biophysics , crystallography , anatomy , genetics , gene , chemistry , telecommunications , radar , escherichia coli , computer science
Pseudomonas phaseolicola cells synchronously infected with phi 6 were fixed and embedded by several procedures. The diameter of phi 6 measured 75 nm and its nucleocapsid 60 nm. Virus nucleocapsids were icosahedral and surrounded by a double membrane. In planar sections the nucleic acid appeared as a hexagonal ring and in cross section as two angular structures.