TCV-sv is a supervirulent form of turnip crinkle virus, capable of overcoming the hypersensitive response of the previously resistant Arabidopsis thaliana Di-17. Characterization of the virus has led to the identification of a 437 bp region which contains the mutations responsible for this supervirulence. Two non-silent mutations in this region are suspected of causing the supervirulence. The goal of this project is to create one of the mutations in wild-type TCV and to determine whether it alone is capable of causing systemic disease on Di-17.

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Creator

• Lilyestrom, Wayne Gustavo

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D028M

Advisor

• Wobbe, Kristin K.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biochemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright