Product of Interaction between Influenza Virus Enzyme and Ovomucin (original) (raw)

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THE presence of an enzyme at the surface of influenza virus was first suggested by Hirst1. Burnet and co-workers2 have presented much evidence to substantiate Hirst's assumption, especially by their discovery that the ability of certain mucoproteins to act as competitive inhibitors for hæmagglutination by heated influenza B virus3 is lost after pre-treatment of the mucoids with active virus. Serum mucoprotein, ovarian cyst mucoid, blood group substances A and O, gonadotrophic hormone proved to be inhibitors of hæmagglutination by heated virus and substrates for active virus.

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1. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
   A. GOTTSCHALK & PATRICIA E. LIND

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2. PATRICIA E. LIND

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GOTTSCHALK, A., LIND, P. Product of Interaction between Influenza Virus Enzyme and Ovomucin.Nature 164, 232–233 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164232a0

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• Issue date: 06 August 1949
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