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A Rich Source of Mouse Interferon

Nature volume 204, pages 1114–1115 (1964)Cite this article

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CONSIDERABLY the richest source of mouse interferon, out of seven tested, has been found to be the brains of mice infected with the arbovirus West Nile (WN)1. The amounts of interferon present in one such brain are large enough to protect two or three other mice against a systemic infection with a large dose of an encephalitis virus2. The preparation of such mouse interferon and its properties are here described.

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FINTER, N. A Rich Source of Mouse Interferon. Nature 204, 1114–1115 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041114b0

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