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Different oligomeric forms of PSTV are detected in nuclei isolated from PSTV-infected potato cells by means of molecular hybridization, using as probes synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides with sequence specificity for (+)PSTV and for (−)PSTV. In addition to several species of longer-than-unit-length (−)PSTV molecules, two oligomeric forms os (+)PSTV are detected, which correspond in size to RNA strands of approximately two and three times viroid unit-length. They must be considered as the precursors os the circular and linear (+)PSTV monomers accumulating in the cell nucleus.
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Spiesmacher, E., Mühlbach, HP., Schnölzer, M. et al. Oligomeric forms of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV) and of its complementary RNA are present in nuclei isolated from viroid-infected potato cells. Biosci Rep 3, 767–774 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01120988
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