> From: mkrol at macc.wisc.edu (Micky Krol)
> Subject: Re: plant viruses
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 19:40:32 -0700
> In article <onenight-1501951844550001 at port52.rain.org>,
onenight at rain.org
> > Please excuse a layman's question, but is there an incedence in
virology
> > where a plant virus can be transmitted to an animal?
> PS- I am a grad student who studies plant viruses which we have
been able,
> with great difficulty, been able to get to replicate in yeast,
(which is
> not a plant) so this type of question is really up my alley.
> Hope i answered your question adequately!!
Yes....BUT, wasn't that only with the 1a gene expressed in
transgenic yeast? Not quite a natural infection, although it does
demonstrate that the requirements for replication of a plant virus
are basically present in yeast.
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