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Genomes of six virulent and three attenuated vaccine strains of pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) virus were compared by cleavage with five restriction endonucleases. Differences either in number or in size of DNA fragments could be detected among all nine strains.
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Paul, P.S., Mengeling, W.L. & Pirtle, E.C. Differentiation of pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) virus strains by restriction endonuclease analysis. Archives of Virology 73, 193–198 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314727
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