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. 1973 Jan;11(1):141–145. doi: 10.1128/jvi.11.1.141-145.1973

Molecular Weights of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus and Its Defective Particles by Laser Light-Scattering Spectroscopy

B R Ware a,1, Tilak Raj a, W H Flygare a, J A Lesnaw a, M E Reichmann a
PMCID: PMC355070  PMID: 4346279

Abstract

Laser light-scattering spectroscopy has been used to determine the diffusion coefficients of vesicular stomatitis virus and three of its defective particles in order to calculate their molecular weights.

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