Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) Part of the Virgaviridae family ~18-nm × 300-nm naked helical capsid; Linear (+)ssRNA genome of ~6,500 bp; Infects plants such as tobacco and tomato plants ...

The other, tobacco ring spot virus, is similar only in structure. "We thought these would be great comparisons to see if this potent anti-tumor efficacy runs in this particular family of plant ...

STRAINS of tobacco mosaic virus differ markedly in sensitivity to inactivation with ultra-violet light1. It is of interest to determine the basis for this difference in terms of the chemical ...

X-RAY diffraction data and chemical evidence suggest that the protein content of tobacco mosaic virus rods is built up of small sub-units1. A model has been proposed2 in the form of a helix of ...

The tobacco mosaic virus seen under 160,000× magnification Public Domain. When German pathologist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium behind tuberculosis in 1882, he included ...

Santos Silva discovered that the cowpea mosaic virus could not penetrate the vascular system of some tobacco plants. In the future, researchers want to establish the reason for this.

Now scientists have turned to a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), that commonly infects tobacco plants. TMV is rod-shaped, about 18 nanometers wide by 200 to 300 nanometers long.