Electron microscopy of baculovirus:

Polyhedra-derived (occluded) virions:

This high magnification electron micrograph shows a thin section of an insect cell infected with the baculovirus AcMNPV. A portion of the nucleus containing enveloped virions (also referred to as occlusion derived virions or ODV) in the process of being occluded into a developing polyhedron is shown.

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