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  • Title: A simple procedure for the extraction of double-stranded RNA from virus-infected plants.
    Author: Bar-Joseph M, Rosner A, Moscovitz M, Hull R.
    Journal: J Virol Methods; 1983 Jan; 6(1):1-8. PubMed ID: 6833446.
    Abstract:
    A simple procedure for the isolation of double-stranded (ds) RNA from virus-infected plants is described. The method is based on grinding plant tissue in 4% p-aminosalicylic acid and recovery of ds RNA by phenol extraction and precipitation with 30% ethanol. The presence of both negative and positive virus RNA strands in RNA fractionated in agarose gels was verified by Northern blot hybridization with polynucleotide kinase labelled genomic RNA or complementary DNA (cDNA) probes. The procedure enabled detection of three major ds RNA species (MWs 4.2, 1.05 and 0.48 X 10(6)) and at least 4 minor bands with estimated MWs of 3.5, 2.5, 2.2 and 2.0 X 10(6) in Nicotiana tabacum plants systemically infected with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected Pachystachys coccinea plants contained 2 minor bands of MWs 0.49 and 0.35 X 10(6) in addition to the previously described 4 major ds RNAs and ds CARNA 5 (MW 0.22 X 10(6)). The patterns of ds RNA are useful for diagnosing natural infections of CMV and TMV in N. glauca plants and of citrus tristeza virus in Citrus spp.
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