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Direct Infra-Red Spectral Analysis of the Cucumber Mosaic Virus Infection Process

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INFRA-RED spectroscopy may provide a means of following biochemical changes which occur in tissues as a result of virus infection, if induced spectral changes can be detected and related to the structure of the absorbing compounds.

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COCHRAN, G., WELKIE, G. & CHIDESTER, J. Direct Infra-Red Spectral Analysis of the Cucumber Mosaic Virus Infection Process. Nature 187, 1049–1050 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871049a0

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