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Viroid RNAs of cadang-cadang disease of coconuts

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Cadang-cadang is a serious lethal disease of coconut palms in the Philippines. Infectivity is associated with four viroid RNAs (ccRNAs) which are from 246 to 574 residues in size but do not vary in sequence complexity. They share sequence and structural homology with other viroids. Variant ccRNAs found in nine isolates sequenced may have arisen as by-products or intermediates of viroid replication.

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  1. Nizar A. Mohamed

    Present address: National Health Institute, PO Box 50348, Porirua, New Zealand

  2. Nizar A. Mohamed: FAO/UNDP Coconut Research Project, Philippine Coconut Authority, Albay Research Center, Guinobatan, Albay, Philippines 4908

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  1. Adelaide University Centre for Gene Technology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001

    James Haseloff, Nizar A. Mohamed & Robert H. Symons

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Haseloff, J., Mohamed, N. & Symons, R. Viroid RNAs of cadang-cadang disease of coconuts. Nature 299, 316–321 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/299316a0

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