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Variations of five eIF4E genes across cassava accessions exhibiting tolerant and susceptible responses to cassava brown streak disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Shi Shanshan, Zhang Xiuchun, Mandel M Alejandra, Zhang Peng, Zhang Yuliang, Ferguson Morag, Amuge Teddy, Rounsley Steve, Liu Zhixin, Xiong Zhongguo
Abstract excerpt
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is an important tropical subsistence crop that is severely affected by cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) in East Africa. The disease is caused by Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV). Both have a (+)-sense single-stranded RNA genome with a 5' covalently-linked viral protein, which functionally resembles the cap structure of mRNA, binds to...
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