Mutations in the region encoding the central domain of helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) eliminate potato virus X/potyviral synergism.

doi:10.1006/viro.1997.8488

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Mutations in the region encoding the central domain of helper component-proteinase (HC-Pro) eliminate potato virus X/potyviral synergism.

Virology - 28 Apr 1997

Shi X M, Miller H, Verchot J, Carrington J C, Vance V B

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Coinfection of tobacco plants with potato virus X (PVX) and any of several members of the potyvirus group causes a synergistic disease characterized by a dramatic increase in symptom severity correlated with a 3- to 10-fold increase in the accumulation of PVX in the first systemically infected le...

Topics

Binding Sites
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Mutation
Plants, Genetically Modified
Plants, Toxic
Potexvirus
Potyvirus
Nicotiana
Viral Proteins

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