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MUCH of the present belief that the genetic properties of viruses are carried by their nucleic acid moieties arises from recent work with plant and bacterial viruses. Infection of the host cell has been shown to result in the formation of particles which, though closely related to the accompanying virus components, are non-infectious. Analyses indicate that the non-infectious material contains little or none of the nucleic acid present in the infectious particle1.
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ADA, G., PERRY, B. Infectivity and Nucleic Acid Content of Influenza Virus. Nature 175, 209–210 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175209a0
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