| Literature DB >> 16592335 |
A Hadidi1, D M Jones, D H Gillespie, F Wong-Staal, T O Diener.
Abstract
Molecular hybridization experiments of (125)I-labeled potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) with DNA from uninfected or PSTV-infected tomato plants showed that infrequent DNA sequences complementary to PSTV exist in both uninfected and infected cells. DNA titration experiments revealed that at least 60% of PSTV is represented by sequences in DNA of several normal solanaceous host species. Phylogenetically diverse plants contain sequences related to less of the PSTV. PSTV-infected tomato or Gynura aurantiaca plants did not possess new PSTV sequences at detectable levels. These results support the hypothesis that PSTV may have originated from genes in normal solanaceous plants.Entities:
Year: 1976 PMID: 16592335 PMCID: PMC430605 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.7.2453
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205