A single nucleotide substitution converts potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) from a noninfectious to an infectious RNA for Nicotiana tabacum

Virology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-197

  Wassenegger, Michael ^a   Spieker, Reiner L ^a   Thalmeir, Sabine ^a   Gast, Frank Ulrich ^a   Riedel, Leonhard ^b   Sänger, Heinz L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; TOBACCO; TOMATO; VIROID;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030589651     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0646     Document Type: Article

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