Summary
Significant similarity among putative movement domains in polyproteins encoded by RNA-2 of six nepoviruses is described.
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Mushegian, A.R. The putative movement domain encoded by nepovirus RNA-2 is conserved in all sequenced nepoviruses. Archives of Virology 135, 437–441 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310028
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