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No Proteins, No Problem: Viroids Cause Disease By Silencing RNA

Por: Forbes Tech March 10, 2023

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Damaged and diseased fruitgetty This article is part of a series on viroids. The first, , gave an overview of what viroids are and how they replicate. described the plant host range of viroids and their economic impact. Viroids are small, circular slivers of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that do not encode any proteins. Despite this, they can self-replicate and damage hosts. Think of proteins as tools: they have specific functions that help achieve... + full article



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