title: The structure of viral coat protein and its in disease.
abstract: Because the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus capsid protein is known, mutations that alter the phenotype of the virus-plant interaction can be correlated with structural changes in this protein. These mutations affect the disease symptoms caused by the virus and recognition of the virus by a plant resistance gene product. Recognition-host interaction is analogous to the gene-for-gene interactions of bacteria and fungi.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred 33850.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lindbeck
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000472:pathogenicity