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. 1971 Nov;8(5):701–707. doi: 10.1128/jvi.8.5.701-707.1971

Characterization of the Subunit Structure of the Ribonucleic Acid Genome of Influenza Virus

L J Lewandowski 1, J Content 1,1, S H Leppla 1
PMCID: PMC376250  PMID: 4332140

Abstract

Ribonucleic acid extracted from influenza virus was labeled at the 3′ termini with 3H and analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Influenza virus was found to contain a minimum of seven and possibly as many as 10 polynucleotide chains, most of which appear to terminate at the 3′ end in uridine.

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