[Demonstration, stabilization and purification of an intracapsid nucleoprotein structure of Baculovirus of Oryctes rhinoceros L].

The presence of a structurally organized nucleoproteic structure in the capsid of the Baculovirus of Oryctes rhinoceros L. is shown. This structure is stabilized under definite conditions described in detail in the paper. It possesses a rope-like structure of about 280 nm in length on 15 nm in diameter containing the DNA molecule. A basic protein is found in the virus.