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. 1980 Nov;36(2):465–469. doi: 10.1128/jvi.36.2.465-469.1980

Virion nucleic acid of Ebola virus.

R L Regnery, K M Johnson, M P Kiley
PMCID: PMC353663  PMID: 7431486

Abstract

The virion nucleic acid of Ebola virus consists of a single-stranded RNA with a molecular weight of approximately 4.0 x 10(6). The virion RNA did not bind to oligodeoxythymidylic acid-cellulose under conditions known to bind RNAs rich in polyadenylic acid and was not infectious under conditions which yielded infectious RNA from Sindbis virus, suggesting that Ebola virus virion nucleic acid is a negative-stranded RNA.

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