Destabilization of potato spindle tuber viroid by mutations in the left terminal loop.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-78-6-1199

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Destabilization of potato spindle tuber viroid by mutations in the left terminal loop.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Jun 1997

Hu Y, Feldstein P A, Hammond J, Hammond R W, Bottino P J, Owens R A

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Infectivity studies with highly infectious RNA inocula generated by ribozyme cleavage were used to compare the biological properties of three apparently nonviable mutants of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd). One of these mutants (PSTVd-P) contains three nucleotide substitutions in the left ter...

Topics

Mutation
Plant Viruses
Plants, Genetically Modified
RNA, Viral
Solanum tuberosum
Viroids

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