Summary
Coat protein gene sequences of eight isolates of potato mop-top virus from the Peruvian Andes and of three isolates from Scotland were compared. Despite wide geographical separation, there was little sequence variation among all isolates.
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Mayo, M.A., Torrance, L., Cowan, G. et al. Conservation of coat protein sequence among isolates of potato mop-top virus from Scotland and Peru. Archives of Virology 141, 1115–1121 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718614
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