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Up to 9 RNA segments with molecular weights (MW) 2.3–9.4×105 were-found in an influenza C virus by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at 50° C and three different strains. All contained RNA of the same mobility. Possible coding assignments of the RNA segments is discussed.
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Petri, T., Meier-Ewert, H., Crumpton, W.M. et al. RNAs of influenza C virus strains. Archives of Virology 61, 239–243 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318058
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