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A cucumber mosaic virus mutant lacking the 2b counter-defence protein gene provides protection against wild-type strains.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Oct 2007
Ziebell Heiko, Payne Tina, Berry James O, Walsh John A, Carr John P
Abstract excerpt
Several plant virus mutants, in which genes encoding silencing suppressor proteins have been deleted, are known to induce systemic or localized RNA silencing against themselves and other RNA molecules containing homologous sequences. Thus, it is thought that many cases of cross-protection, in which infection with a mild or asymptomatic virus mutant protects plants against challenge infection with closely related...
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