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. 1986 Jun 1;163(6):1589–1594. doi: 10.1084/jem.163.6.1589

Newcastle disease virus-infected splenocytes express the proopiomelanocortin gene

PMCID: PMC2188131  PMID: 2872261

Abstract

Infection of murine splenocytes with Newcastle disease virus results in expression of the proopiomelanocortin gene as determined by dot and northern blot analysis of total cellular and poly(A)+ cytoplasmic RNA. These data provide the first evidence that the precursor protein for adrenocorticotropin and beta-endorphin can be synthesized by lymphoid cells.

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