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INACTIVATION of tobacco mosaic virus by X-rays has been studied by Gowen and Price, by Lea and associates1 and by us2. The fraction surviving is an exponential function of dose with D 0 about 2.3 × 105 r. This value corresponds to a target 3000 A. long and about 40 A. in diameter2.
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LAUFFER, M., TRKULA, D. & BUZZELL, A. Mechanism of Inactivation of Tobacco Mosaic Virus by X-rays. Nature 177, 890 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177890a0
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