Cryoelectron microscopy of mouse mammary tumor virus.

J Virol

Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom.

Published: March 2004

Cryoelectron microscopy of Mouse mammary tumor virus, a Betaretrovirus, provided information about glycoprotein structure and core formation. The virions showed the broad range of diameters typical of retroviruses. Betaretroviruses assemble cytoplasmically, so the broad size range cannot reflect the use of the plasma membrane as a platform for assembly.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC369243PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.78.5.2606-2608.2004DOI Listing

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