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. 1981 Nov;40(2):560–567. doi: 10.1128/jvi.40.2.560-567.1981

Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus group includes two distinct genetic subgroups that differ pathologically and biologically.

Y Lorch, A Friedmann, H L Lipton, M Kotler
PMCID: PMC256659  PMID: 6275104

Abstract

The intracellular development and RNA composition of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) isolates were determined by electron microscopy, sucrose gradient centrifugation, and RNase T1 fingerprinting. Replication of FA virus, a virulent strain of TMEV, was characterized by the appearance of viral crystalline arrays in the cytoplasm of infected cells. In contrast, cells infected with the less virulent isolates (WW, TO4, BeAn 8386, and Yale) showed no crystalline arrays; instead, virions were found to be arranged between two layers of membranes in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Analysis of the RNAs of TMEV isolates showed that the RNAs were single-stranded molecules having sedimentation coefficients of 35S. RNase T1 fingerprinting of TMEV RNA revealed that striking differences between the virulent and less virulent TMEV isolates existed. Moreover, base composition analysis of RNase T1-resistant oligonucleotides of two TMEV isolates which represented the two subgroups indicated that there were no substantial oligonucleotides common to both subgroups. Based on these findings and the known difference in virulence, we suggest that the TMEV group contains two genetically district subgroups of viruses.

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