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FOLLOWING the early work of Taylor et al. 1, it is generally believed that the arthropod-borne viruses contain ribonucleic acid, protein and lipid. Recent work has shown that the ribonucleic acid fraction extracted by phenol from several viruses of this group is infective2. In the intact virus the protein fraction probably protects this ribonucleic acid and may have other functions. The present report considers a lipid component of the virus of Murray Valley encephalitis virus, and shows that this virus is inactivated by phospholipase A.
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ANDERSON, S., ADA, G. A Lipid Component of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus. Nature 188, 876 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188876a0
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