Virion
Morphology: |
rigid, rod-shaped |
Envelope: |
no |
Diameter [nm]: |
18 |
Length [nm]: |
300 |
Structural components: |
cylindrical canal of 2 nm, RNA at radius of 4 nm |
Buoyant density [g/mL]: |
1.325 |
negatively stained preparation. Length of bar (nm): 100 (Courtesy of Oscar Bradfute, Ohio State University, Wooster)
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Brunt AA, Crabtree K, Dallwitz MJ, Gibbs AJ, Watson L (eds) (1996) Tobacco mosaic tobamovirus. Viruses of Plants, CAB International, Wallingford, UK, In, pp 1251–1255
Scholthof K-BG, Shaw JG, Zaitlin M (1999) Tobacco Mosaic Virus: One Hundred Years of Contributions to Virology. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, p 256
Harrison BD, Wilson TMA eds.(1999) Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Pioneering Research for a Century. Phil Trans R Soc Lond B 354:517–685
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this entry
Cite this entry
Zaitlin, M. (2011). Tobamovirus‡ . In: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (eds) The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_337
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_337
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-95918-4
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-95919-1
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesReference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences