Eksteen, P.A.L.De Lange, M.Bigalke, R.D.Howell, P.G.Reinecke, R.K.Walker, Jane B.De Kock, V.E.2016-07-062016-07-0620161972Eksteen, PA & Huismans, H 1972, 'Interferon induction by bluetongue virus and bluetongue virus ribonucleic acid’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 125-131.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53696The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590;300dpi. adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.The stimulation of interferon synthesis by bluetongue virus and by bluetongue virus ribonucleic acid was investigated in order to determine if there is a difference in the mechanism of induction. The molecular mass of the interferon formed after the two induction processes was determined using Sephadex gel filtration. A value of 24 000 was found in both cases. These results suggest that the two induction processes are basically similar and that double-stranded ribonucleic acid is the active inducing principle in both stimulating processes.en©1972 ARC- Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2016 University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services(digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaInterferon induction by bluetongue virus and bluetongue virus ribonucleic acidArticle