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. 1975 Aug;16(2):311–314. doi: 10.1128/jvi.16.2.311-314.1975

Abortive infection of L cells by influenza virus: absence of virion RNA synthesis.

R J Avery
PMCID: PMC354669  PMID: 1171264

Abstract

Influenza virus multiplies productively in chick cells and abortively in L cells. The infecting influenza virus RNA genomes are less stable in infected L cells than in infected chick cells. However, transcription of the virus genome in L cells, while reduced in rate, is not decreased in extent. There is no detectable synthesis of virion RNA in L cells, and this is the most likely cause of the abortive infection.

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