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Carbohydrate Composition of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus

^a Department of Microbiology, The University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

ABSTRACT

Analysis by gas-liquid chromatography of the trimethylsilylated sugar residues of purified vesicular stomatitis virus grown in L cells or chick embryo cells revealed the presence in the whole virion of four hexoses (glucose, galactose, mannose, and fucose), two hexosamines (glucosamine and galactosamine), and 34 to 40% neuraminic acid. The isolated viral glycoprotein was devoid of galactosamine and fucose, both of which sugars were present in whole virions presumably as part of the membrane glycolipids.

¹ Present address: Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y. 10021.