Use of trichosanthin to reduce infection by turnip mosaic virus

Plant Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Lam, Ying Hoo ^a   Wong, Yum Shing ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Wong, Ricky N S ^c   Yeung, Hin Wing ^a   Shaw, Pang Chui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti viral assays; Brassica parachinensis; Nicotiana tabacum; Ribosome inactivating protein; Trichosanthin; Turnip mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA PARACHINENSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030026123     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(95)04310-1     Document Type: Article

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