Research Article

Effect of Non-permissive Temperature on the Assembly of Frog Virus 3 Particles

Journal of General Virology 1974; 23(3):289 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-23-3-289

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Abstract

Istituto di Microscopia Elettronica Clinica, Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni 16, I-40126 Bologna, Italy and Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Bologna, via San Giacomo 12, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

Cells infected by FV-3 and incubated at the non-permissive temperature of 33 °C were examined by electron microscopy. In the cytoplasmic virus matrices, only irregularly shaped vesicle-like, polyhedral and tubular capsids were present. Normal particles were produced quickly by infected cells when shifted to the permissive temperature.