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Effects of the 5′-Leader Sequence of Tobacco Mosaic Virus RNA, or Derivatives Thereof, on Foreign mRNA and Native Viral Gene Expression

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Abstract

The primary function of a viral genome is to replicate to produce progeny virions. To achieve this, the exquisitely compact genetic information must perform several functions very efficiently and it is not uncommon for one sequence to fulfil several unrelated tasks. One such pleiotropic sequence, the 5′-untranslated leader of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) RNA, is the main subject of this article.

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  1. Center for Agricultural Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903-0231, USA

    T. Michael, A. Wilson, Keith Saunders, Mandy J. Dowson-Day, David E. Sleat, Hans Trachsel & Karl W. Mundry

  2. Department of Virus Research, John Innes Institute, AFRC IPSR, Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK

    Keith Saunders

  3. Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, AFRC IPSR, Sussex University, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK

    Mandy J. Dowson-Day

  4. Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    David E. Sleat

  5. Institut fur Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Bern, Buhlstrasse 28, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Hans Trachsel

  6. Biologisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffen waldring 57, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    Karl W. Mundry

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Michael, T. et al. (1990). Effects of the 5′-Leader Sequence of Tobacco Mosaic Virus RNA, or Derivatives Thereof, on Foreign mRNA and Native Viral Gene Expression. In: McCarthy, J.E.G., Tuite, M.F. (eds) Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression. NATO ASI Series, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75139-4_25

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