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Life Sciences Research

(An International Journal)

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Pages: 23-25

Date of Publication: 30-Nov--0001

Mechanical vs Agroinfiltration: Efficient mechanism of plant RNA virus infection

Author: Sonali Chaturvedi

Category: Editorial

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Abstract:

Plant RNA viruses play a pivotal role in understanding the biology of viruses. The first virus to be discovered was a plant RNA virus, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) [1]. Positive sense RNA viruses have a wide host range [2]. Hence it is imperative to investigate their replication [3-6], packaging [5-10], interaction with host proteins (3, 11), competition with satellite RNAs, if they encapsidate any [11-14], and immune response against virus infection [15-17].

Keywords: plant, RNA, viruses