Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was the first virus to be identified and described. Its name comes from the mosaic-like pattern it causes on the leaves of infected plants. Studies of TMV — including ...

ALLARD 1 published a report on the sustained infectivity of tobacco mosaic virus in unpreserved plant extracts after storage for 28 years. Either the identical or similar material used by Allard ...

MOST procedures for the purification and concentration of viruses involve either dense packing of virus particles by sedimentation or by chemical or isoelectric precipitation. Although many ...

The tobacco mosaic virus is composed of protein and nucleic acid, which may be separated by gentle chemical treatment. When the two components are mixed together, they form infective virus particles ...

The tobacco mosaic virus consists of hereditary material and a single protein. Artificial changes in the hereditary material elucidate how it directs the synthesis of the three-dimensional ...