ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DSRNA VIRUS FROM THE YEAST ENDOMYCES-MAGNUSII

Authors
POSPISEK M PALKOVA Z JANDEROVA B KORB J
Citation
M. Pospisek et al., ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DSRNA VIRUS FROM THE YEAST ENDOMYCES-MAGNUSII, FEMS microbiology letters, 116(2), 1994, pp. 231-236
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
116
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
231 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1994)116:2<231:IACOTD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have been isolated from the yeast Endomyce s magnusii. The VLPs measure 43 nm in diameter and contain six species of dsRNA (0.78, 0.83, 1.77, 1.84, 2.64, 4.30 kb respectively). E. mag nusii produces a 'toxic' protein, which reduces the growth, and change s the colony morphology, of sensitive strains of Hansenula sp. growing on solid media. All strains of E. magnusii tested produced the 'toxin ' and contained the VLPs. Current procedures of curing failed to destr oy the ability to produce the 'toxin'.