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. 2008;6(5):363–374. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1890

Table 2.

Overview of viruses and their induced membranes*

Rubella virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus Murine hepatitis virus Equine arteritis virus Flock house virus Tobacco mosaic virus Vaccinia virus
Family Togaviridae Coronaviridae Coronaviridae Arteriviridae Nodaviridae Unranked Poxviridae
Genus Rubivirus Coronavirus Coronavirus Arterivirus Alphanodavirus Tobamovirus Orthopoxvirus
Host Humans Humans Mice Horses and donkeys Insects Plants (Solanaceae) Humans
Disease German measles Severe acute respiratory syndrome Epidemic murine illness Asymptomatic and haemorrhagic fever None Plant diseases Vaccine strain (smallpox vaccination)
Enveloped Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Approximate genome size 10,000 bases 30,000 bases 30,000 bases 13,000 bases 4,500 bases 6,400 bases 190,000 bases
Approximate particle size 70 nm 80–160 nm 80–160 nm 40–60 nm 30 nm 300 × 18 nm 360 × 270 × 250 nm
Name of induced intracellular structures Cytopathic vacuoles Double-membrane vesicles Double-membrane vesicles Double-membrane vesicles Spherule-like invaginations Vesicular structures Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) enclosure of replication site
Description of induced intracellular structures Spherule-lined cytopathic vacuoles Vesicular structures that have a double membrane Vesicular structures that have a double membrane Perinuclear granules and double-membrane vesicles Outer mitochondrial membrane that contains numerous spherule-like invaginations Cytoplasmic inclusions ER enclosure of replication site
Approximate size of induced intracellular structures 600–4,000 nm; spherules 50 nm More than 200 nm per vesicle 80–160 nm per vesicle 80 nm per vesicle 40–60 nm per invagination Unknown 1–2 μm
Origin of induced intracellular structures Endosomes and lysosomes Probably rough ER or ER–Golgi intermediate compartment Probably rough ER or ER–Golgi intermediate compartment ER Mitochondria ER ER
Assumed function of induced intracellular structures Viral RNA replication Viral RNA replication Viral RNA replication Viral RNA replication Viral RNA replication Viral RNA replication Viral DNA replication
*Continued from Table 1.