@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-44-1-135, author = "Rima, B. K. and Martin, S. J.", title = "Effect of Undiluted Passage on the Polypeptides of Measles Virus", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1979", volume = "44", number = "1", pages = "135-144", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-44-1-135", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-44-1-135", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY Measles virus induces a large polypeptide (L; mol. wt. 180 K), a large glycopolypeptide (H; mol. wt. 80 K), a nucleocapsid associated polypeptide (P; mol. wt. 70 K), a nucleocapsid polypeptide (N; mol. wt. 60 K), a second glycopolypeptide (F0; mol. wt. 60 K), a matrix or membrane polypeptide (M; mol. wt. 37 K) and a small polypeptide (S; mol. wt. 15 K). The second glycopolypeptide (F0) appears to be cleaved in purified measles virus. Defective interfering particles accumulate during passage of measles virus leading to a decrease in the amounts of virus-specific protein synthesized in infected cells. Even in the best preparations of purified measles virus, host proteins are always detected and these become more predominant in preparations with low infectivity.", }