Abstract
CBYSTALS of turnip yellow mosaic virus, kindly sent to us by Dr. Kenneth Smith and Dr. Roy Markham (see Nature, July 17, p. 88), were examined both optically and by X-ray diffraction in this Laboratory. The crystals were small, isotropic, less than 0·1 mm. in size and ill-formed, but just sufficiently developed to indicate that they were octahedral bipyramids. The smaller crystals, first observed by Smith and Markham under a 1/12 oil immersion lens1, are better formed and display a better development of this form. Following Federov‘s law on the relation between lattice development and crystal form, these crystals should possess a face-centred lattice.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Markham, R., and Smith, K. M., Nature, 157, 300 (1946).
Markham, R., Matthews, R. E. F., and Smith, K. M., Nature, 162, 88 (1948).
Bernal, J. D., and Fankuchen, I., J. Gen. Physiol., 25, 111 (1941).
Boyes-Watson, J., Davidson, E., and Perutz, M. F., Proc. Roy. Soc., A., 191, 83 (1947).
Unpublished data.
Cosslett, V. E., and Markham, R., Nature, 161, 250 (1948).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
BERNAL, J., CARLISLE, C. Unit Cell Measurements of Wet and Dry Crystalline Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus. Nature 162, 139–140 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162139a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162139a0
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
?Particle-sieve? electrophoresis of viruses in polyacrylamide gels, exemplified by purification of turnip yellow mosaic virus
Archiv f�r die gesamte Virusforschung (1965)
-
Structure of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus
Nature (1957)
-
Structure of Small Viruses
Nature (1956)
-
Untersuchungen über den Infektionsvorgang und die Wanderung des Tabakmosaikvirus im Pflanzenkörper
Planta (1952)