Vaccinia virus intracellular mature virions contain only one lipid membrane.

Vaccinia virus (VV) morphogenesis commences with the formation of lipid crescents that grow into spherical immature virus (IV) and then infectious intracellular mature virus (IMV) particles. Early studies proposed that the lipid crescents were synthesized de novo and matured into IMV particles that...

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Main Authors: Hollinshead, M, Vanderplasschen, A, Smith, G, Vaux, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999