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Inhibition by Interferon of Production of Double-stranded Semliki Forest Virus Ribonucleic Acid

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THE formation of virus-specific RNA1 and of infectious RNA2 is inhibited in cells treated with interferon. This communication presents evidence that interferon also inhibits the formation of the double-stranded form of RNA appearing in cells infected with Semliki forest virus (SFV).

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  1. ROBERT M. FRIEDMAN

    Present address: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

  2. ROBERT M. FRIEDMAN: U.S. Public Health Service.

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  1. National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, N.W.7

    ROBERT M. FRIEDMAN & JOSEPH A. SONNABEND

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FRIEDMAN, R., SONNABEND, J. Inhibition by Interferon of Production of Double-stranded Semliki Forest Virus Ribonucleic Acid. Nature 206, 532 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206532a0

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