Measurement of the rotational behaviour of virus particles during adsorption to the host cell surface |
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Authors: | M E Bayer I Morrison R Cherry |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA;2. Department of Chemistry, University of Essex, Colchester C043SQ, England |
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Abstract: | The rotational diffusion of bacteriophage epsilon 15 was measured before and after virus adsorption to outer membrane vesicles of the host Salmonella anatum. The virus capsid was labeled with eosin isothiocyanate, and the decay of transient dichroism following dye excitation by pulses of plane-polarized light was measured. From the data, the rotational diffusion constant of the unadsorbed virion and its hydrodynamic diameter were estimated and found to be consistent with electron microscopic measurements of the capsid dimensions. Addition of outer membrane vesicles of S. anatum to the virus suspension revealed the immobilization of the virus particles on the membrane surface. |
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Keywords: | Rotational diffusion Virus adsorption Membrane vesicle Transient dichroism Hydrodynamic diameter Virus immobilization |
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