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Tobacco plants respond to the constitutive expression of the tospovirus movement protein NS(M) with a heat-reversible sealing of plasmodesmata that impairs development.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Sept 2005
Rinne Päivi L H, van den Boogaard Riki, Mensink Manon G J, Kopperud Cor, Kormelink Richard, Goldbach Rob, van der Schoot Chris
Abstract excerpt
Viral infection often results in typical symptoms, the biological background of which has remained elusive. We show that constitutive expression of the NSM viral movement protein (MP) of tomato spotted wilt virus in Nicotiana tabacum is sufficient to induce severe, infection-like symptoms, including pronounced deficiencies in root and shoot development. Leaves failed to expand and were arranged in a rosette due...
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