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tobacco mosaic
noun
Plant Pathology.
- a disease of the nightshade family of plants, particularly tobacco and tomato, caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves and yellowed, necrotic plants.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tobacco mosaic1
First recorded in 1935–40
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While Stanley was turning tobacco mosaic viruses into crystals, a Princeton biologist named John Gowen was blasting them with X-rays.
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The two collaborated on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus.
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With Franklin, Dr. Klug worked on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus, a springboard to learning more about molecular structure.
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Scientists were only first able to visualize a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, after the 1931 invention of the electron microscope.
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Also aiding our cause was my work on tobacco mosaic virus.
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