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Effect of Actinomycin D on Measles Virus Growth and Interferon Production
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Effect of Actinomycin D on Measles Virus Growth and Interferon Production

  • C. D. ANDERSON1 nAff2 &
  • J. G. ATHERTON1 

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ACTINOMYCIN D combines in vitro with DNA in mammalian cells and results in impairment of DNA synthesis and of DNA-dependent RNA synthesis1,2. This results in uncoupling DNA from cellular protein synthesis.

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    Present address: Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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ANDERSON, C., ATHERTON, J. Effect of Actinomycin D on Measles Virus Growth and Interferon Production. Nature 203, 671 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203671a0

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