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Tobacco mosaic virus


stonny

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I know this isn't a medical science question, but it's to closest to virology I could find. So, does anybody know how tobacco mosaic virus gets past the cell membrane, and what happens to the newly assembled virions. (viral RNA gets passed to other cells via the plasmodesmata, but I can't firgure out what the virions do)

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I am not sure whether this has been resolved yet. Last time I read about it pinocytosis was discussed, but ectodesmata and even "wounds" in the membrane were also likely entry points. Again, AFAIK none of this have been proven.

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