Plants as hosts for animal viruses.
Theoretical considerations and experimental data on the modification of incompatibility relationships between animal viruses and plants are reviewed. Some cases of interaction between presumably incompatible partners are described, and the possible resistance mechanisms are analysed. The new possibilities of virus--cell interaction are discussed as regards both their theoretical implications and the prospects of their application in research and clinic.
D010935:Plant Diseases; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases; D014780:Viruses