Abstract
Purified type 5 adenovirus was disrupted at pH 10.5 and the capsid shown to be comprised of two characteristic morphological subunits: (a) Hollow, polygonal structures corresponding to the virus capsomeres seen in preparation of purified virus and (b) thread-like strands also identifiable in preparations of purified virus. These structures were compared morphologically with purified preparations of the group- and type-specific soluble antigens characteristically produced in mammalian cells infected with adenoviruses. The group-specific soluble antigen was a homogeneous preparation of hollow, polygonal rods identical with the virus capsomeres. The type-specific soluble antigen corresponded to the thread- or fiber-like components of the purified virus particle. Inspection of disrupted virus preparations confirmed earlier immunological data which indicated that the major virus antigen was the group-specific soluble antigen. These data provide convincing evidence for the hypothesis that the adenovirus-induced soluble antigens represent virus subunits produced in excess.
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Created | 21 years, 2 months ago (June 22, 2004, 4:51 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 24, 2023, 3:32 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 4:39 a.m.) |
Issued | 62 years ago (Aug. 1, 1963) |
Published | 62 years ago (Aug. 1, 1963) |
Published Online | 62 years ago (Aug. 1, 1963) |
Published Print | 62 years ago (Aug. 1, 1963) |
@article{Wilcox_1963, title={STRUCTURE OF TYPE 5 ADENOVIRUS}, volume={118}, ISSN={0022-1007}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.118.2.307}, DOI={10.1084/jem.118.2.307}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of Experimental Medicine}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Wilcox, Wesley C. and Ginsberg, Harold S. and Anderson, Thomas F.}, year={1963}, month=aug, pages={307–314} }