Plants transformed with a mutant alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein gene are resistant to the mutant but not to wild-type virus.

doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1484

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Plants transformed with a mutant alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein gene are resistant to the mutant but not to wild-type virus.

Virology - 1 Sept 1994

Taschner P E, van Marle G, Brederode F T, Tumer N E, Bol J F

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Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the wild-type (wt) coat protein (CP) gene of alfalfa mosaic virus (AIMV) have been shown to be resistant to infection with viral particles and RNAs or to infection with viral particles only. The difference in resistance of these plants to RNA inocula was found...

Topics

Alfalfa mosaic virus
Base Sequence
Capsid
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plant Diseases
RNA, Viral
Transformation, Genetic

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