So What Have Plant Viruses Ever Done for Virology and Molecular Biology?

• Published in: Advances in virus research Vol. 100; p. 145
• Main Author: Lomonossoff, George P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2018
• Subjects: Gene Silencing; Genome, Viral - genetics; Molecular Biology; Nanotechnology; Plant Diseases - virology; Plant Viruses - chemistry; Plant Viruses - genetics; Plant Viruses - metabolism; Plant Viruses - physiology; RNA, Viral - genetics; Virology; Virus assembly; Tobacco mosaic virus; Brome mosaic virus; Subgenomic RNA; Plant virus; Genome sequence; Molecular biology; Virus structure
• ISSN: 1557-8399; 1557-8399
• DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2017.12.001

The discovery of a new class of pathogen, viruses, in the late 19th century, ushered in a period of study of the biochemical and structural properties of these entities in which plant viruses played a prominent role. This was, in large part, due to the relative ease with which sufficient quantities...