A genetic system for Citrus Tristeza Virus using the non-natural host Nicotiana benthamiana: an update

In nature Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), genus Closterovirus, infects only the phloem cells of species of Citrus and related genera. Finding that the CTV T36 strain replicated in Nicotiana benthamiana (NB) protoplasts and produced normal virions allowed development of the first genetic system based on...

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Main Authors: Silvia eAmbrós, Susana eRuiz-Ruiz, Leandro ePeña, Pedro eMoreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
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CTV
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00165/full