Infectious plasmid clones

[Ed Rybicki]

> We are in search of an infectious plasmid DNA construct containing the genome
> of a tobamovirus (preferably TMV).  Has anyone made such a gem yet? Is anyone
> trying?  Any hints will be appreciated.

Ulrich: surely Bill Dawson, formerly of Riverside, and now at U Florida at
Gainesville, would be a good person to ask?  He certainly has plasmids
containg full-length and engineered TMV genomes which produce infectious
TMV after in vitro transcription; it would be a logical development for
them to have engineered "infectious plasmids" by now.

Regards,

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