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Structure within Polyhedra Associated with Insect Virus Diseases

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FOR some time we have been examining with the electron microscope thin sections of caterpillars infected with their polyhedral diseases. In this way it is possible to follow the development of the disease, to see the crystal-like polyhedra as they are formed in situ and to observe the fine structure of their contents.

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  1. Plant Virus Research Unit, (Agricultural Research Council), Molteno Institute, Cambridge

    KENNETH M. SMITH

  2. Laboratory of Physical Biology, Experimental Biology and Medicine Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 14, Maryland

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SMITH, K., WYCKOFF, R. Structure within Polyhedra Associated with Insect Virus Diseases. Nature 166, 861–862 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166861a0

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