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Tunicamycin inhibited the production of infectious Borna disease virus (BDV) and glycosidase treatment eliminated the infectivity of cell-free virus. A glycoprotein of approximately 17 kDa, found in association with infectious virus, was identified by Concanavalin A binding.
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Stoyloff, R., Briese, T., Borchers, K. et al. N-glycosylated protein(s) are important for the infectivity of Borna disease virus (BDV). Archives of Virology 137, 405–409 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309486
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