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Potyviral 6K2 protein long-distance movement and symptom-induction functions are independent and host-specific.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 May 2004
Spetz Carl, Valkonen Jari P T
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of various portions, or insertion of six histidine residues (6xHis) into various positions of the membrane-bound 6K2 protein (53 amino acids) of Potato virus A (PVA, genus Potyvirus), inhibited systemic infection in Nicotiana tabacum and N. benthamiana plants. However, a spontaneous mutation (Gly2Cys) that occurred in 6K2 adjacent to the 6xHis insert placed between Ser1 and Gly2 enabled systemic...
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