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	View Edit Domain: GreenBio Title: * Body: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. scientists say they`ve used modern imaging techniques to detail the structure of plant viruses in a study that may lead to better crop protection.Vanderbilt University structural biologist Gerald Stubbs, the study`s lead author, said flexible filamentous viruses make up a large fraction of known plant viruses and cause more than half the viral damage to the world`s crop plants but details of their structures were poorly understood.<br /><br />Now, using a variety of sophisticated imaging techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborating institutions, those structures have been detailed and that, said the scientists, might benefit researchers interested in using viruses as agents of biotechnology to coax plants to produce other useful products, such as pharmaceuticals.<br /><br />"These are very important viruses and we knew almost nothing about their detailed structure before these studies," said Stubbs. "If you are to come up with any molecular way of combating these plant diseases, you need to know the details of their structures."<br /><br />The study, which included researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Kentucky, appears in the Journal of Virology.<br /><br /><br />© 2008 United Press International, Inc. Captcha: Please Enter Code : * Time Zone: * Select the time zone Vocabularies Newsletter: Domain: Show summary in full view Input format Filtered HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Full HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. news_filter Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. More information about formatting options			Related Articles DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred, Evogene to develop rust-resistant ... Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants Research about plant viruses could lead to new ways to impro... Synthetic Genomics' Spinout to Focus on Boosting Crops Gene Technology Can Help Food Crops Must to Withstand Harshe... A Mecca for wheat genetics: K-State center mapping wheat gen... Teaming Up to Create a Successful Forage Grass Engineering Fungal Resistance in Crop Plants using Antifunga... New ag-biotech company takes root in La Jolla Dissecting the genomes of crop plants to improve breeding po... Top GreenBio Articles

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