A Modified Technique for Purifying White spot syndrome virus
Abstract: Abstract:The envelope proteins of White spot syndrome virus(WSSV)are very fragile and easy to be destroyed during purification.It was difi cult to obtain a large quan tity of intact virions by routine sucrose gradient centrifugation.After modifying the sucrose gradient by adding citrate sodium ,we can obtain a large quantity of intact virions and nucleocapsids.Th is purified virions and nucleocapsids were subsequently used for an alyzing viral structural proteins an d DNA extraction.Th e result showed that this modified technique is very efi cient for virus purification.