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The virions are spherical and enveloped, with a diameter of 40–70 nm. The genome is a single RNA plus molecule with a molecular weight of 4 × 106. The RNA genome is contained in an icosahedral nucleocapsid that is assembled in the cytoplasm and obtains its lipoprotein envelope during budding through the plasma membrane of the host cell in the final stage of virus maturation.
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Becker, Y., Hadar, J. (1983). RNA Plus Genome that Serves as Messenger RNA: Togaviruses. In: Hadar, J. (eds) Molecular Virology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3906-9_19
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