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Q.What is the shape of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), and what is its genetic material?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) is the virus responsible for tobacco mosaic disease and was also the first virus ever crystallised, by Wendell Stanley in 1935. Structurally, it is a rigid, rod-shaped particle, built from a single strand of RNA that runs along the central axis of the rod, surrounded by identical protein subunits (capsomeres) arranged in a helical, spiral pattern around this RNA core - making TMV the …
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