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Infection and Replication. Assembly of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle. Incomplete Viruses. Satellite Viruses. Viroids

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It is now generally accepted that the first event to occur when a virus particle enters a susceptible cell is the release of the nucleic acid or, in other words, the protein coat is stripped off the particle. This probably takes place by a stepwise removal of the protein subunits since this is what happens in the degradation of TMV in alkaline solutions.

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Smith, K.M. (1977). Infection and Replication. Assembly of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particle. Incomplete Viruses. Satellite Viruses. Viroids. In: Plant Viruses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9653-9_7

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