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The structure of viral coat protein and its in disease
S Chapman1, A G Lindbeck, W O Dawson
1University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred 33850.
Trends in Microbiology
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Because the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus capsid protein is known, mutations that alter the phenotype of the virus-plant interaction can be correlated with structural changes in this protein. These mutations affect the disease symptoms caused by the virus and recognition of the virus by a plant resistance gene product. Recognition-host interaction is analogous to the gene-for-gene interactions of bacteria and fungi.