Identification of neutral mutants surrounding two naturally occurring variants of Potato spindle tuber viroid

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 751-756

  Owens, Robert A ^a   Thompson, S M ^a   Kramer, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POINT MUTATION; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIROIDS;

POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIROIDS;

EID: 0037371897     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.18755-0     Document Type: Article

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