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7. Smith, K. M. and R. M. Brown, Jr. 1965.
A study of the long virus rods associated with insect granuloses.
Virology 27:512-519.
7. Abstract
The origin of the long virus rods associated
with insect granuloses is investigated. The short thick virus
rod is thought to emerge from its occluding crystal and then to
elongate in the cell cytoplasm of the host, thus giving rise to
the long rod. Uncontrolled branching then takes place inside
the cell; the branching is mostly at right angles and produces
numerous bizarre shapes. The long rods have an inner core which
appears to be a helix; negative staining with phosphotungstic
acid tends to split open the long rods. Electron micrographs
of the various phenomena are presented and some possible explanations
of these phenomena are offered.
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