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. 1977 Nov;24(2):695–700. doi: 10.1128/jvi.24.2.695-700.1977

Measurements of the genome sizes of simian virus 40 and polyoma virus.

L Sompayrac, K J Danna
PMCID: PMC515982  PMID: 199745

Abstract

We have measured the genome sizes of simian virus 40 and polyoma virus and found them to be 5,010 +/- 125 base pairs and 5,080 +/- 125 base pairs, respectively.

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