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Preliminary classification of viruses based on quantitative comparisons of viral nucleic acids.

Journal of virology ·Vol. 1 ·No. 2 ·1967-04-00 ·Pages 245-59

Bellett AJ

Abstract

It is proposed that classifications used in science are of two main types; those which are designed to solve practical problems and which are based on conventions, and those which are designed to solve theoretical problems, based on theories, and in which the classes are tested by experiment. An attempt has been made to construct a preliminary classification of viruses which is of the second type. It is based on the theories of molecular biology, with the use of computer-based comparisons of the molecular weights and base ratios of viral nucleic acids to assign the viruses to clusters which show a high degree of correlation with groupings based on nucleic acid hybridization, serological cross-reactions, and phenotypic properties.

MeSH Terms
Classification Computers DNA, Viral Hybridization, Genetic Models, Structural Molecular Biology Molecular Weight RNA, Viral Terminology as Topic Viruses/classification
Chemicals
DNA, Viral RNA, Viral
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Bellett A J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of virology
Abbr.
J Virol
ISSN
0022-538X
DOI
10.1128/JVI.1.2.245-259.1967
Published
1967-04-00
Pages
245-59
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0113724
PMCID
PMC375222
Subset
IM
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