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Both point mutation and RNA recombination contribute to the sequence diversity of citrus viroid III.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 2000
Owens R A, Yang G, Gundersen-Rindal D, Hammond R W, Candresse T, Bar-Joseph M
Abstract excerpt
Field-grown citrus trees often harbor complex mixtures of 4-5 different viroid species, and the presence of citrus viroid III (CVd-III) has been shown to reduce the rate of tree growth without inducing disease. To more fully define the structure of its quasi-species, we have examined nine citrus viroid complexes for the presence of previously undescribed sequence variants of CVd-III. Analysis of 86 full-length...
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