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. 1971 Oct;22(4):618–621. doi: 10.1128/am.22.4.618-621.1971

Effect of β-Propiolactone on Sendai Virus

M A Wainberg 1,2, R N Hjorth 1,2, C Howe 1,2
PMCID: PMC376374  PMID: 4331771

Abstract

The biological properties (infectivity, hemagglutination, hemolysis, cell fusion, neuraminidase) of Sendai virus were dissociated on the basis of sensitivity to β-propiolactone, by freeze-thawing, by heating at different temperatures, and by adsorption-elution with formalinized chicken erythrocytes. Possible mechanisms whereby β-propiolactone selectively destroys viral infectivity are discussed.

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