Phenol extraction of BMV infected leaves
Left panel - Phenol extracts of healthy and infected bromegrass (SDS gel)
Note that BMV cp migrates in a "protein free zone". BMV has the smallest cp of any grass virus
Right panel - Phenol extracts of C. quinoa (SDS gel) - Right lane is BMV inoculated leaf
In neither host can one see BMV specific proteins other than the cp.