Milestones in research on tobacco mosaic virus

Beijerinck's (1898) recognition that the cause of tobacco mosaic disease was a novel kind of pathogen became the breakthrough which led eventually to the establishment of virology as a science. Research on this agent, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), has continued to be at the forefront of virology...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 1999-03, Vol.354 (1383), p.521-529
Main Authors: Harrison, B. D., Wilson, T. M. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Composite particles
History Of Tmv
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Leaves
Nicotiana - virology
Particle production
Pathogens
Plant Diseases - virology
Plant Virology
Plants
Plants, Toxic
RNA
Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Tobamovirus
Virions
Virology
Virology - history
Virology Milestones
Viruses
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Summary:Beijerinck's (1898) recognition that the cause of tobacco mosaic disease was a novel kind of pathogen became the breakthrough which led eventually to the establishment of virology as a science. Research on this agent, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), has continued to be at the forefront of virology for the past century.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.1999.0403