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. 1963 Jan 1;16(1):119–129. doi: 10.1083/jcb.16.1.119

ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS IN KB CELLS

M Mussgay 1, J Weibel 1
PMCID: PMC2106190  PMID: 13936869

Abstract

The development of vesicular stomatitis virus in KB cells was studied by electron microscopy. Sections of infected cells were made 1, 4, 7, 10, and 20 hours after inoculation of the cell cultures, and at the same intervals the supernatant fluid was assayed for virus titer by the plaque test in chick embryo cells. At 10, 14, and 20 hours after inoculation, virus rods were observed attached to cytoplasmic membranes, inside cytoplasmic vacuoles, and attached to the membranes delimiting these vacuoles; they were also found on the surface membrane of the cells. Besides the rods, spherical particles of different sizes and shapes were seen. The possibility that these structures are related to the development of virus rods is discussed. A similarity was noted between the site of maturation of vesicular stomatitis virus rods and that of some other arbor viruses.

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