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Molecular characterization of tomato spotted Wilt virus defective interfering RNAs and detection of truncated L proteins.
Virology - 1 Sept 1998
Inoue-Nagata A K, Kormelink R, Sgro J Y, Nagata T, Kitajima E W, Goldbach R, Peters D
Abstract excerpt
Junction sites of 25 different defective interfering (DI) RNAs of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) were characterized. The DI RNAs varied in size from 2.0 to 5.2 kilobases (kb) and contained a single internal deletion. The absence of DI RNAs smaller than 2 kb suggested a size constraint for the survival of TSWV DI RNAs. This hypothesis was reinforced by the finding of a dimeric DI RNA formed by two 1.6-long...
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