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Analysis of the nucleic acid of infectious bronchitis virus by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed an RNA of molecular weight 9.0×106 Daltons. The RNA was shown to have a sedimentation coefficient of 50.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, University College Hospital Medical School, London, Great Britain
    Hilary Watkins, P. Reeve & D. J. Alexander
  2. Poultry Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey, Great Britain
    D. J. Alexander

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Watkins, H., Reeve, P. & Alexander, D.J. The ribonucleic acid of infectious bronchitis virus.Archives of Virology 47, 279–286 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317815

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