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UV irradiation of interferon-treated chick embryo cells enhances sindbis virus growth

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Suitable doses of UV irradiation brought about an increase of the Sindbis virus yield in cells which had developed an antiviral state after exposure to interferon. No such enhancing effect of UV was seen in control cells infected with Sindbis virus.

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  1. Department of Measles Virus, National Institute of Health of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Umino, S. Kohno & S. Saito

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Umino, Y., Kohno, S. & Saito, S. UV irradiation of interferon-treated chick embryo cells enhances sindbis virus growth. Archives of Virology 52, 351–354 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315625

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