Structure of avian orthoreovirus virion by electron cryomicroscopy and image reconstruction

• Published in: Virology (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 343; no. 1
• Main Authors: Zhang Xing, Tang Jinghua, Walker, Stephen B., O'Hara, David, Nibert, Max L., Duncan, Roy, Baker, Timothy S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 05.12.2005
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROTEINS; RNA; VIRUSES

Among members of the genus Orthoreovirus, family Reoviridae, a group of non-enveloped viruses with genomes comprising ten segments of double-stranded RNA, only the 'non-fusogenic' mammalian orthoreoviruses (MRVs) have been studied to date by electron cryomicroscopy and three-dimensional im...