Biopolym. Cell. 1988; 4(5):254-258.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000234
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
Certain physico-chemical properties of mosquito densonucleosis virus DNA
1Buchatsky L. P., 1Filenko O. M.
  1. Taras Shevchenko State University of Kiev
    Kiev, USSR

Abstract

Mosquito densonucleosis virus (MDV) is isolated from the blood-suckling mosquito Aedes aegypti and properties of its DNA are characterized. The reaction of formaldehyde with MDV virion and extracted DNA suggests that DNA in situ and in vitro is single-stranded. DNA extracted from MDV has a buoyant density of 1.734 g/cm3 in cesium chloride. The S20, was determined in alcaline sucrose gradients to be 9.2, that corresponds to the molecular weight 2.5X106 daltons. Basing on the melting curve and the reaction with formaldehyde the DNA of MDV is believed to be closely related to members' of the parvovirus subgroup.
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