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Aggregation of TMV CP plays a role in CP functions and in coat-protein-mediated resistance.
Virology - 15 Sept 2007
Asurmendi S, Berg R H, Smith T J, Bendahmane M, Beachy R N
Abstract excerpt
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) coat protein (CP) in absence of RNA self-assembles into several different structures depending on pH and ionic strength. Transgenic plants that produce self-assembling CP are resistant to TMV infection, a phenomenon referred to as coat-protein-mediated resistance (CP-MR). The mutant CP Thr42Trp (CP(T42W)) produces enhanced CP-MR compared to wild-type CP. To establish the relationship...
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