Research Article

Effects of Virus Infection and Polyacrylic Acid on Leaf Proteins

Journal of General Virology 1975; 28(1):155 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-28-1-155

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Abstract

Disc electrophoresis of the soluble proteins in leaf extracts failed to reveal any change induced by infection with raspberry ringspot virus either in inoculated or in systemically infected symptom-bearing or recovered leaves of Nicotiana benthamiana. Evidence is given that three of the four proteins previously thought to occur only in virus-infected or polyacrylic acid-injected Nicotiana tabacum leaves are probably normal constituents. Environmental conditions were critical for the change in protein pattern induced by alfalfa mosaic virus in tobacco leaves.