Particle Counts and some Chemical Properties of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus
- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 29 (1) , 165-170
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-29-1-165
Abstract
SUMMARY: Murray Valley encephalitis virus was grown in baby mouse brain and purified. In five out of six experiments, the number of virus particles per chick egg LD50 was 90 ± 50. Fifteen preparations of purified virus were pooled and the pool examined chemically. The nucleic acid content was 7·8%, with bases present in the proportions: adenylic acid, 25·5; guanylic acid, 27·5; cytidylic acid, 21·5; uridylic acid, 25·5. No thymidylic acid was found. The virus preparation contained 11% lipid; phospholipid and total cholestorol were present to 0·8% and 1·6%, respectively, of the virus preparation.Keywords
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- The Action of Phospholipase A and Lipid Solvents on Murray Valley Encephalitis VirusJournal of General Microbiology, 1961