tobacco mosaic virus

An RNA virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and some other plants and is widely used in research in virology and genetics.

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tobacco mosaic virus

(Plant Pathology) the virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and related plants: its discovery in 1892 provided the first evidence of the existence of viruses. Abbreviation: TMV

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tobac′co mosa`ic vi`rus

a retrovirus causing mosaic disease in members of the nightshade family.

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tobacco mosaic virus - the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)

TMV

plant virus - a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA

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[15.] Samuel G The movement of Tobacco mosaic virus within the plant.

Efficiency of non-vector methods of cassava brown streak virus transmission to susceptible cassava plants

Humans have antibodies against a plant virus: evidence from tobacco mosaic virus. PLoS ONE 8(4):e60621 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060621.

The environment within: exploring the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease

tea tree oil against tobacco mosaic virus (Bishop, 1995), peppermint oil and thyme oil against herpesvirus (Schuhmacher et al., 2003; Koch et al, 2008), have been reported previously.

Melissa officinalis oil affects infectivity of enveloped herpesviruses

Las membranas electrotransferidas conteniendo la proteina de capside viral se incubaron con los anticuerpos policlonales (0,1ng/ml) contra los siguientes virus (American Type Culture Collection ATCC, Rockville, Maryland, EEUU): TMV (Tobacco mosaic virus), ORSV (Odontoglosum ringspot), CGMMV (Cucumber green mottle mosaic), PMMV (Pepper mild mosaic), FrMV (Frangipani mosaic) y KGMMV (Kyuri green mottle mosaic).

Caracterizacion de un Tobamovirus aislado de plantas de canavalia (Canavalia ensiformis L.) en una parcela experimental del edo. Aragua, Venezuela

Researchers created a new kind of transistor by coating a tobacco mosaic virus with platinum nanoparticles, and a new study found that a cup of black tea can relieve stress.

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Tambien se han informado para Costa Rica el "Tobacco mosaic virus" (TMV) y el "Tobacco ringspot virus" (TRSV) (Solis 1989).

Incidencia y distribucion altitudinal de 13 virus en cultivos de Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) en Costa Rica

TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS is one of the most important pathogens of tobacco worldwide.

Molecular and genetic characterization of Nicotiana glutinosa L. chromosome segments in tobacco mosaic virus-resistant tobacco accessions

Atomic force microscopy examination of tobacco mosaic virus and virion RNA.

Topographic changes in SARS coronavirus--infected cells during late stages of infection

It may also cause tobacco mosaic virus on eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes and related plants.)

Control garden pests naturally

At the end of each description, the boldface letters indicate whether that variety resists or tolerates one or more of these common tomato diseases and pests: F (fusarium wilt), N (nematodes), T (tobacco mosaic virus), V (verticillium wilt).

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