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Newcastle Disease Virus inactivated by β-propiolactone (β-PL) was found to lose RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity. β-PL was shown to react with both virus proteins and RNA.
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Garlick, B., Avery, R.J. Inactivation of Newcastle Disease Virus by β-propiolactone. Archives of Virology 52, 175–179 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317878
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