Figure 7. Diagram of the Tomato spotted wilt virus. Note glycoproteins (G1, G2) in the envelope. The three RNAs are each encapsidated in multiple copies of nucleocapsid (N) protein. Virions also contain several copies of the replicase protein. (Reprinted from Seminars in Virology vol. 5, Rob Goldbach and Dick Peters. Possible causes of the emergence of tospovirus diseases, pp. 113-120, copyright (1994), with permission from Elsevier Science).

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