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. 1971 Nov;8(5):805–808. doi: 10.1128/jvi.8.5.805-808.1971

Spontaneous Degradation of Reovirus Capsid into Subunits

Y Amano 1,2, S Katagiri 1,2, N Ishida 1,2, Y Watanabe 1,2
PMCID: PMC376264  PMID: 4108935

Abstract

When a plaque-purified strain of reovirus type 3 (Dearing strain) degraded during storage, electron micrographs of the degraded virion were made which clearly demonstrated the substructural components of the outer capsid.

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