tobacco mosaic
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Tobacco mosaic virus, an RNA virus (of genus Tobamovirus) that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae, causing characteristic patterns of mottling and discoloration on the leaves.
(phytopathology) A disease of tobacco plants, characterized by mottled leaves, caused by this virus
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In plant engineering, Agrobacterium-like conjugation complements other standard vehicles such as tobacco mosaic virus (TMV).
In 1952, Watson performed X-ray diffraction on tobacco mosaic virus and found results indicating that it had helical structure.
In fact, Franklin consulted with Watson on her tobacco mosaic virus RNA research.
The structure is said to be open due to the characteristic that any volume can be enclosed by varying the length of the helix. citation The most understood helical virus is the tobacco mosaic virus.
Tubular virus particles such as the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) can be used as templates to create nanofibers and nanotubes, since both the inner and outer layers of the virus are charged surfaces which can induce nucleation of crystal growth.