• Biology, Medicine
• Published in
  Proceedings of the National…
  1983
• DOI:10.1073/pnas.80.20.6234

Structural similarities between viroids and transposable genetic elements.

@article{Kiefer1983StructuralSB,
  title={Structural similarities between viroids and transposable genetic elements.},
  author={M Kiefer and R. A. Owens and T. O. Diener},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={1983},
  volume={80 20},
  pages={
          6234-8
        }
}

• M Kiefer, R. A. Owens, T. O. Diener

The primary structures of the tomato planta macho and tomato apical stunt viroids have been determined, and probable secondary structures are proposed. Both viroids can assume the rodlike conformation with extensive base-pairing characteristic of all known viroids. Sequence homologies between the two viroids (75%) and with members of the potato spindle tuber viroid group (73-83%) indicate that they both belong to this group. Comparative sequence analysis of all members of the group reveals… CONTINUE READING

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