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The putative replicative form of the abutilon mosaic virus (AbMV), a geminivirus, was purified from infected plants. It was shown to consist of a bipartite genome of 2660 and 2640 bp. This double-stranded DNA has a closed or relaxed circular conformation and part of it is packed in nucleoprotein complexes with a chromatin-like structure. Similarities between the geminiviruses and the animal simian virus 40 are discussed against this back-ground.
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Communicated by R.G. Herrmann
Cloning was performed under L2/B1 conditions according to the licence of the ZKBS 1526/1
This article is based on a doctoral study by A.A. and T.F. in the Faculty of Biology, University of Hamburg
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Abouzid, A.M., Frischmuth, T. & Jeske, H. A putative replicative form of the abutilon mosaic virus (gemini group) in a chromatin-like structure. Mol Gen Genet 212, 252–258 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334693
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