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tobacco mosaic [tə′bak·ō mō‚zā·ik] (plant pathology) Any of a complex of virus diseases of tobacco and other solanaceous plants in which the leaves are mottled with light- and dark-green patches, sometimes interspersed with yellow. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This role reversal stems from the ability of a well-studied pathogen, the tobacco mosaic virus, to force an infected plant to mass-produce the proteins of the virus. Researchers from Rutgers University in New Jersey inoculated a group of tobacco plants with tobacco mosaic virus and discovered that the infected plants released an airborne form of oil of wintergreen. LSBC will improve its technology to permit the simultaneous production of multiple vaccine constituents on the surface of Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), which the Company can propagate rapidly and economically in non-recombinant plants. |
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