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Viral invasion and host defense: strategies and counter-strategies
1Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA. carrington@wsu.edu
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
|March 6, 1999
Abstract:
The outcome of infection of plants by viruses is determined by the net effects of compatibility functions and defense responses. Recent advances reveal that viruses have the capacity to modulate host compatibility and defense functions by a variety of mechanisms.