id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-339172-210dwhgj Knoops, Kèvin SARS-Coronavirus Replication Is Supported by a Reticulovesicular Network of Modified Endoplasmic Reticulum 2008-09-16 .txt text/plain 9930 411 43 Specific þRNA virus replicase subunits are targeted to the membranes of particular cell organelles that are subsequently modified into characteristic structures with which viral RNA synthesis is associated. We used electron microscopy and tomography for the three-dimensional imaging of the membrane alterations induced by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-coronavirus, a member of the virus group with the largest RNA genome known to date. The lumen of this unique membrane network contains numerous large (diameter 250-300 nm) ''inner vesicles,'' which were formerly thought to reside in isolated DMVs. Intriguingly, although the interior of these vesicles does not appear to be connected to the cytosol, it labels abundantly for double-stranded RNA, which presumably is present at the site of viral RNA synthesis. In some of our images, the SARS-CoV-induced CM appeared to be continuous with both DMV outer membranes ( Figure 2D ; inset) and ER cisternae, suggesting a link to the viral RTC also in coronaviruses. ./cache/cord-339172-210dwhgj.txt ./txt/cord-339172-210dwhgj.txt