title: Comparative oligonucleotide fingerprints of three plant viroids.
abstract: 5' Phosphorylation in vitro with gamma-32P-ATP and T4 phage induced polynucleotide kinase was used to obtain RNAase A and RNAase T1 fingerprints of three plant viroids: Potato spindle tuber viroid from tomato (PSTV-tom), chrysanthemum stunt viroid from cineraria (ChSV-cin) and citrus exocortis viroid from Gynura aurantiaca (CEV-gyn). These three viroids differ significantly from each other as judged from their oligonucleotide patterns. This supports the concept of individual viroid species.
mesh_terms: D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000032:analysis*; D010942:Plant Viruses; D012367:RNA, Viral; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D012367:RNA, Viral