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Characterisation of multimeric DNA forms associated with tomato golden mosaic virus infection

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Homodimeric and trimeric double-stranded DNA forms of both components of the genome of the geminivirus, tomato golden mosaic virus have been isolated from infectedNicotiana tabacum plants and characterised.

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  1. M. J. Slomka

    Present address: Department of Medical Microbiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, London, U.K.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, U.K.

    M. J. Slomka, K. W. Buck & R. H. A. Coutts

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Slomka, M.J., Buck, K.W. & Coutts, R.H.A. Characterisation of multimeric DNA forms associated with tomato golden mosaic virus infection. Archives of Virology 100, 99–108 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310911

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