Structural Polypeptides of Sendai Virus: Analysis by Tryptic Peptide Mapping

Abstract

Tryptic peptide patterns identified Sendai virus polypeptides HN, P, F₀, NP, and M as unique gene products, and confirmed the precursor-product relationship of polypeptides F0 and F. By the same criterion, the major nucleocapsid polypeptides, P and NP, in virions were derived from the same genes as their counterparts in nucleocapsids obtained from infected cells.