Substantial portions of the 5' and intercistronic noncoding regions of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus RNA3 are dispensable for systemic infection but influence viral competitiveness and infection pathology.

doi:10.1016/0042-6822(92)90318-j

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Substantial portions of the 5' and intercistronic noncoding regions of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus RNA3 are dispensable for systemic infection but influence viral competitiveness and infection pathology.

Virology - 1 Mar 1992

Pacha R F, Ahlquist P

Abstract excerpt

Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) has a tripartite, positive strand RNA genome. Genomic RNA3 (2.2 kb) encodes the 3a nonstructural protein and the coat protein, which are dispensable for viral RNA synthesis in protoplasts, but required for systemic infection of whole plants. In protoplasts, po...

Topics

Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Fabaceae
Genome, Viral
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plant Diseases
Plant Viruses
Plants, Medicinal
Plasmids
RNA, Viral

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