Small RNA Viruses Co-infecting the Pine Emperor Moth (Nudaurelia cytherea capensis)

Department of Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 6140 Larvae of the pine emperor moth, Nudaurelia cytherea capensis , naturally infected with Nudaurelia virus (N V), contained a second serologically unrelated virus which we have called Nudaurelia virus (N V). N V had a buoyan...

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Published in:Journal of general virology 1985-03, Vol.66 (3), p.627-632
Main Authors: Hendry, Don, Hodgson, Val, Clark, Rowan, Newman, John
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Microbiology
Morphology, structure, chemical composition, physicochemical properties
Saturniidae
Virology
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Summary:Department of Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 6140 Larvae of the pine emperor moth, Nudaurelia cytherea capensis , naturally infected with Nudaurelia virus (N V), contained a second serologically unrelated virus which we have called Nudaurelia virus (N V). N V had a buoyant density of 1.285 g/ml in CsCl and yielded a single major polypeptide of 65000 daltons on gel electrophoresis. The particles of N V were morphologically distinguishable from those of Nudaurelia viruses described by others, and tryptic peptide analyses indicated that N V protein was distinct from that of N V and N V. Both N V and N V contained a small stable fraction of particles with buoyant densities of about 1.33 g/ml. Keywords: insect viruses, Nudaurelia and viruses, RNA viruses, small Present address: Biophysics Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, Wis. 53706, U.S.A. Received 20 June 1984; accepted 31 October 1984.
ISSN:0022-1317
1465-2099
DOI:10.1099/0022-1317-66-3-627