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Rubella variant with DNA polymerase which is formed as a result of recombination between rubella virus and a retrovirus of BHK21/WI-2 cells, contains both RNA and DNA in its virion.
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Sato, M., Maeda, N., Shirasuna, K. et al. Presence of DNA in rubella variant with DNA polymerase activity. Archives of Virology 61, 251–254 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318060
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