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. 1984 Aug;51(2):479–483. doi: 10.1128/jvi.51.2.479-483.1984

Electron microscopy of bacteriophage phi 6 nucleocapsid: two-dimensional image analysis.

H T Steely Jr, D Lang
PMCID: PMC254462  PMID: 6205171

Abstract

Electron micrographs of negatively stained nucleocapsids isolated from intact, wild-type phi 6 bacteriophage revealed three distinct morphological forms. Two-dimensional analysis of electron micrographs of two of these forms and image averaging of all forms are consistent with a dodecahedral structure embodied in the phi 6 nucleocapsid.

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