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. 1969 Oct;4(4):475–479. doi: 10.1128/jvi.4.4.475-479.1969

Molecular Weight of Poliovirus Ribonucleic Acid

Nicole Granboulan 1, Marc Girard 1
PMCID: PMC375896  PMID: 4309881

Abstract

Purified poliovirus single- and double-stranded ribonucleic acids (RNA) were examined by electron microscopy. The length of both molecules was found to be 2.37 μm. The uncorrected sedimentation coefficient for single-stranded RNA is 33S, as compared to 27S for the RNA of tobacco mosaic virus. It is calculated from these results that the molecular weight of the sodium form of poliovirus is 2.6 × 106 daltons.

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