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Structure, Cellular Location, and Cytopathology of Viroids

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Viroids are plant pathogens distinguished from viruses by the absence of a protein coat and by their small size. They are circular, single-stranded RNA molecules consisting of a few hundred nucleotides, the smallest having about 240 and the largest about 600 nucleotides. Since viroids can have only a very limited coding capacity and as there is no experimental evidence for a viroid-coded translation product, one has to assume that viroid replication and pathogenesis depend completely on the enzyme systems of the host (for reviews see [1–5]).

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  1. Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universität-sstr. 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Detlev Riesner, J. Harders, N. Lukacs & R. Gruner

  2. Botanisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Germany

    U. J. Santore

  3. Abteilung für Virologie, Universität Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, D-7900, Ulm, Germany

    G. Klotz

  4. Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Am Faßberg, D-3400, Göttingen, Germany

    M. Robert-Nicoud & T. M. Jovin

  5. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Am Klopferspitz, D-8033, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany

    H. L. Sänger

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Riesner, D. et al. (1991). Structure, Cellular Location, and Cytopathology of Viroids. In: Mendgen, K., Lesemann, DE. (eds) Electron Microscopy of Plant Pathogens. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75818-8_12

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