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Isolation of large and small plaque variants of theAutographa California nuclear polyhedrosis virus

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Variants of theAutographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus which produce large (1.4 mm) or small (0.5 mm) plaques onSpodoptera littoralis cells have been isolated. Yields of extracellular virus and polyhedra by the large plaque variant were six-fold higher and 140-fold lower, respectively, than those obtained with the small plaque variant. However the two variants could not be distinguished whenSpodoptera frugiperda cells were used.

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  1. Institut für Virologie und Immunbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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Roberts, P.L. Isolation of large and small plaque variants of theAutographa California nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Archives of Virology 85, 123–128 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317011

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