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Potato spindle tuber and citrus exocortis viroids undergo no major sequence changes during replication in two different hosts

Year: 1978

Type: article

Abstract: Potato spindle tuber viroid and citrus exocortis viroid, each purified from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and from Gynura aurantiaca, were iodinated in vitro with (125)I, digested with ribonuclease T1, and subjected to two-dimensional RNA fingerprinting analysis. With the exception of minor variations, each viroid retained its distinctive fingerprint pattern irrespective of the host species from which it was isolated. We conclude that the nucleotide sequences of these viroids are principally determined by the infecting viroid and not by the host.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.75.2.951

Authors: Elizabeth Dickson, T. O. Diener, Hugh D. Robertson

Institutions: Rockefeller University, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center

Language: English

Topic: Plant Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, American Cancer Society, U.S. Department of Agriculture