Definition: Interferon inducer consisting of a synthetic, mismatched double-stranded RNA. The polymer is made of one strand each of polyinosinic acid and polycytidylic acid.
an interferon inducer; do not confuse with POLY I
Other names Polyribose Inosin Cytidil; Polyinosinic Polycytidylic Acid; Poly I C; Inosin-Cytidil, Polyribose; Polyribose Inosin-Cytidil; Polyinosinic-Polycytidylic Acid; Poly(rI).Poly(rC)
ampligen [ (rI(n).r(C(12)U)n),mismatched double-stranded RNA,poly(I)-poly(C12U),poly(I).poly(c12,U),poly(inosinic acid) poly(cytidylic(12), uridylic)acid ] mismatched double-stranded RNA with 12 cytidines for each uridine in the latter strand