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Infectious Phenol Extract of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus-infected Tissue

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SINCE it was shown that the nucleic acid component of tobacco mosaic virus is itself infectious1,2, the nucleic acid component of many other plant and animal viruses has been tested, in most cases with positive results.

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BEST, R. Infectious Phenol Extract of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus-infected Tissue. Nature 200, 609–610 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200609a0

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