Diffraction Studies of Clover Yellow Mosaic Virus

1 Carnegie Laboratory of Physics University of Dundee, Scotland 2 Department of Plant Sciences 3 Department of Chemistry 4 Department of Physics University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada X-ray and optical diffraction evidence is given which indicates that the particle of clover yellow m...

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Published inJournal of general virology Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 205 - 208
Main Authors Tollin, P, Wilson, H. R, Bancroft, J. B, Richardson, J. F, Payne, N. C, Alford, W. P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Soc General Microbiol 01.01.1981
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Summary:1 Carnegie Laboratory of Physics University of Dundee, Scotland 2 Department of Plant Sciences 3 Department of Chemistry 4 Department of Physics University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada X-ray and optical diffraction evidence is given which indicates that the particle of clover yellow mosaic virus has a helical structure of pitch 3.4 nm which repeats in approx. 11 turns with 11q — 2 subunits in the true repeat and with the value of q most likely to be 9. The position of the nucleic acid at 3.6 nm from the axis of the particle is deduced from the low resolution X-ray diffraction pattern. Received 16 July 1980; accepted 21 August 1980.
ISSN:0022-1317
1465-2099
DOI:10.1099/0022-1317-52-1-205