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The 5′‐terminal sequence of TMV RNA question on the polymorphism found in vulgare strain
Author(s) -
Meshi Tetsuo,
Ishikawa Masayuki,
Takamatsu Nobuhiko,
Ohno Takeshi,
Okada Yoshimi
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80772-8
Subject(s) - strain (injury) , tobacco mosaic virus , genetics , rna , biology , nucleic acid sequence , complementary dna , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , virus , anatomy
The complete nucleotide sequence of TMV RNA (common strain) reported in [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1982) 79, 5818] its 5′‐end to be represented by two variants which differed in length. We have tested that result and sequenced the 5′‐terminal regions of two strains of TMV RNA (common strain OM and tomato strain L) using cloned cDNA copies. The results showed that the 5′‐terminal region of the TMV genome is not polymorphic and that one of the two variants cited above represents a tomato strain but not the common strain.