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Effect of Concanavalin A on the infectivity of rubella virus and its variants

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The infectivity of the wild type rubella virus was inactivated by treatment with Concanavalin A (Con A) whereas rubellapi variants released from their persistently infected cells were hardly affected by the same concentration of Con A.

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  1. The 1st Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Dental School, Osaka, Japan

    M. Urade, M. Sato, H. Yoshida, K. Shirasuna & T. Miyazaki

  2. Fels Research Institute and Department of Microbiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    N. Yamamoto

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Urade, M., Sato, M., Yoshida, H. et al. Effect of Concanavalin A on the infectivity of rubella virus and its variants. Archives of Virology 56, 359–363 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315288

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