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. 1974 Nov;14(5):1132–1141. doi: 10.1128/jvi.14.5.1132-1141.1974

Infectious Rous Sarcoma Virus and Reticuloendotheliosis Virus DNAs

Geoffrey M Cooper 1, Howard M Temin 1
PMCID: PMC355630  PMID: 4372391

Abstract

An efficient and quantitative assay for infectious Rous sarcoma virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus DNAs is described. The specific infectivities of viral DNA corresponded to one infectious unit per 105 to 106 viral DNA molecules. Infection with viral DNA followed one-hit kinetics. The minimal size of infectious Rous sarcoma virus DNA was approximately 6 million daltons, whereas the minimal size of infectious reticuloendotheliosis virus DNA was larger, 10 to 20 million daltons.

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