RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Winters, W. D. A1 Brownstone, A. A1 Pereira, H. G.YR 1970 T1 Separation of Adenovirus Penton Base Antigen by Preparative Gel Electrophoresis JF Journal of General Virology, VO 9 IS 1 SP 105 OP 110 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-9-1-105 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB Studies on the three major adenovirus structural antigens, designated hexons, pentons (a base plus a fibre) and fibres (Ginsberg et al. 1966), have been reviewed extensively (Norrby, 1968; Schlesinger, 1969). The availability of purified preparations of hexon, fibre and whole penton has made the physicochemical and immunological characterization of these virus components possible. However, the properties of the penton base, a component also known to be synthesized independently in infected cells, have received relatively little attention, mainly because of the lack of a method for its purification. Present information on the properties of the penton base is derived from analytical data on partially purified materials or from the study of whole penton (Pettersson & Hoglund, 1969; Wadell & Norrby, 1969). In the present report we describe a simple method for the preparation of physicochemically and immunologically pure adenovirus type 5 (ad. 5) penton base., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-9-1-105