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THE effects of specific nuclease digestion on the morphology of the Rous virus, as observed with the electron microscope, established recently that this agent's nucleoid contained a substantial amount of ribonucleic acid1,2; the type of nucleic acid was confirmed at the same time by cytochemical studies2.
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EPSTEIN, M., HOLT, S. Site and Nature of Adenovirus Nucleic Acid. Nature 187, 1050–1051 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1871050a0
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