title: Some characteristics of salt-dependent haemagglutinating measles viruses.
abstract: Several strains of measles virus which did not agglutinate monkey erythrocytes in phosphate-buffered saline did so in buffer containing 0-8 M-ammonium sulphate. Haemadsorption to cells infected with these viruses was also salt-dependent. In a series of tests salt-dependent agglutinin was shown to be a stable structural component of the infectious virion. The relevance of these findings is discussed in the light of previous reports that many measles virus preparations do not agglutinate erythrocytes.
mesh_terms: D000645:Ammonium Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D000939:Epitopes; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000276:immunology; D006382:Hemadsorption / Q000187:drug effects; D006387:Hemagglutination, Viral / Q000187:drug effects*; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D000645:Ammonium Sulfate