title: Tobacco mosaic virus virulence and avirulence.
abstract: In celebration of a century of research on tobacco mosaic virus that initiated the science of virology, I review recent progress relative to earlier contributions concerning how viruses cause diseases of plants and how plants defend themselves from viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Lake Alfred 33850, USA.
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D007113:Immunity, Innate; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000821:virology; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000821:virology*; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*