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Plant virus synthesis and the abnormal protein constituents of infected leaves.

par VAN RYSSENLBERGE, C;Jeener, Raymond
Référence Biochimica et biophysica acta, 23, 1, page (18-23)
Publication Publié, 1957-01

Article révisé par les pairs

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Abnormal proteins which lack ribonucleic acid and are present in leaves infected by tobacco mosaic virus incorporate 14C provided in the form of 14CO2 at a much higher rate than the virus. The specific radioactivity of the virus, calculated on the basis of the hypothesis that these abnormal proteins are the immediate precursors of the protein part of the virus, is very close to the measured radioactivity. The aggregation in vitro of the degradation products of the virus to form infectious particles, as carried out by Fraenkel-Conrat, may thus be a satisfactory model of the last stage of virus synthesis in vivo. © 1957.