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Myo-inositol influences Release and Inactivation of Murine Sarcoma Virus from Desiccated Transformed Mouse Embryo Cells

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IT has been reported1–3 that certain viruses, including Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and murine leukaemia viruses (MLV), can be released in highly infectious form from host cells dried in the presence of myo-inositol at certain relative humidities; and the structural importance of bound water and its replacement by myo-inositol in biological systems has been reviewed recently4.

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BATHER, R., YANG, J. Myo-inositol influences Release and Inactivation of Murine Sarcoma Virus from Desiccated Transformed Mouse Embryo Cells. Nature 222, 589 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222589a0

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