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Induction of Arginase in Rabbit Epithelium by the Shope Rabbit Papilloma Virus

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IN studies of the mechanism of action of the Shope virus in causing papillomas on the skin of rabbits, comparative tests were made of active transport of amino-acids into papilloma cells and into normal and hyperplastic rabbit epithelium. The method used was that recently reported by Rogers and Woodhall1.

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ROGERS, S. Induction of Arginase in Rabbit Epithelium by the Shope Rabbit Papilloma Virus. Nature 183, 1815–1816 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831815b0

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