Interferon Induction: Tool for Establishing Interactions among Homopolyribonucleotides
E. De Clercq 1,
P. F. Torrence 2,
B. Witkop 2,
W. E. Stewart II 1, and
P. De Somer 3
1 Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2 Laboratory of Chemistry, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
3 Rega Institute for Medical Research
Hitherto unrecognized interactions between homopolyribonucleotides and complexes thereof are suggested by interferon induction data obtained in a highly sensitive assay system of primary rabbit kidney cell cultures superinduced by metabolic inhibitors.