The structure of viral coat protein and its in disease.

doi:10.1016/0966-842x(93)90052-s

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The structure of viral coat protein and its in disease.

Trends in microbiology - 1 Oct 1993

Chapman S, Lindbeck A G, Dawson W O

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Because the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus capsid protein is known, mutations that alter the phenotype of the virus-plant interaction can be correlated with structural changes in this protein. These mutations affect the disease symptoms caused by the virus and recognition of the virus by a...

Topics

Capsid
Mutation
Structure-Activity Relationship
Tobacco Mosaic Virus

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