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tobacco mosaic virus [tə¦bak·ō mō′zā·ik ‚vī·rəs] (virology) The type species of the genusTobamovirus, it infects tobacco, tomato, and other solanaceous plants, causing defoliation and/or mosaic symptoms on leaves, stems, and fruit. Abbreviated TMV. 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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| Atomic force microscopy examination of tobacco mosaic virus and virion RNA. In just a month, however, Biosource used an engineered tobacco mosaic virus to make tobacco plants churn out large quantities of the antibody fragment. 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. |
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