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Eggplant Latent Viroid , the Candidate Type Species for a New Genus within the Family Avsunviroidae (Hammerhead Viroids)
12 May 2003
Abstract excerpt
Viroids, small circular RNAs that replicate independently and in most cases incite diseases in plants, are classified into the families Pospiviroidae, composed of species with a central conserved region (CCR) and without hammerhead ribozymes, and Avsunviroidae, composed of three members lacking CCR but able to self-cleave in both polarity strands through hammerhead ribozymes. Here we report the biological and...
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