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. 1969 Dec;4(6):851–856. doi: 10.1128/jvi.4.6.851-856.1969

Comparison of the Ribonucleic Acid Subunits of Reovirus, Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus, and Wound Tumor Virus 1

J Kalmakoff 1,2, L J Lewandowski 1, D R Black 1
PMCID: PMC375948  PMID: 16789117

Abstract

Double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) from intact cytoplasmic polynedrosis virus (CPV) and wound tumor virus (WTV) was analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Using RNA from type 3 reovirus as a standard, it was calculated that CPV-RNA consisted of 9 subunits corresponding to a molecular weight of 12.7 × 106 and WTV-RNA consisted of 12 subunits corresponding to a molecular weight of 15.5 × 106.

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