The 5' nontranslated region of the tomato bushy stunt virus genome is not strictly essential for viral RNA replication, though it significantly enhances defective interfering RNA fitness.
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Region I enhances DI RNA accumulation without being essential; leaves open its role in full-length TBSV or natural infections.
Wu et al. (1998) studied this question.
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