Journal article
Caliciviridae
FL Schaffer, HL Bachrach, F Brown, JH Gillespie, J Nicholas Burroughs, SH Madin, C Richard Madeley, R Charles Povey, F Scott, AW Smith, MJ Studdert
Intervirology | KARGER | Published : 1980
DOI: 10.1159/000149155
Abstract
The caliciviruses, as a proposed family Caliciviridae, have a distinct virion morphology with cup-shaped depressions on a spherical capsid surface. The viruses have singlestranded RNA, which has a molecular weight about 2.6 * 106 and is infectious. The RNA is covalently linked to a small protein. A single major polypeptide is found in the capsid. A sub-genomic RNA, molecular weight about 1 * 106 coding for the capsid polypeptide is found in infected cells. Caliciviruses infecting swine, pinnipeds and cats have been characterized. Viruses which are morphologically identical to the known caliciviruses have been identified in human feces; these viruses have been shown to be associated with gast..
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