Cell-to-cell movement of plant viruses.
To establish an infection, most plant viruses move from cell to cell in the plant. Virus-encoded movement proteins mediate this process and appear to use two mechanisms for transport. Both mechanisms involve interaction with and potential modification of plant intercellular connections, the plasmodesmata. Thus, although viral movement proteins are a diverse group, they share an ability to interact with specific plant components.
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Dept of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Waigmann
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Citovsky
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Zambryski
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D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000502:physiology
D014764:Viral Proteins