The structure of viral coat protein and its in disease.
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.
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D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000472:pathogenicity