@misc{Żekanowski_Cezary_Viroids_1989,
 author={Żekanowski, Cezary},
 volume={4-3},
 number={6-5},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 license},
 journal={Biotechnologia, vol.4-3, 6-5(1990)-.},
 howpublished={online},
 year={1989},
 publisher={Committee on Biotechnology PAS},
 publisher={Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS},
 language={pol},
 abstract={Vlroids are the smallest (246-371 nucleotides long) Infectious agents known today, consisting of single-stranded, circular RNA molecules, with characteristic rod-like secondary structures. Viroids - about 15 have been described so far - cause diseases of higher plants, and significantly affect agriculture. The molecular structure of some viroids has been elucidated and correlated, to some extent, with their function. VIrold-coding proteins have not been found. It Is generally accepted that viroids exert pathogenic effect by Interferring with vital cellular processes In which host RNA is a key element. The study of replication intermediates and host polymerases led to a rolling-circle model of viroids replication. Construction of cDNA clones has allowed for the development of a new, efficient method of virold detection. Finally, studies using infectious cDNA clones may lead to a practical use of viroids as vectors in plant recombinant DNA technology and may facilitate a deeper insight into molecular mechanisms of pathogenecity.},
 type={Text},
 title={Viroids - infectious RNA molecules},
 URL={http://rcin.org.pl/Content/187287/PDF/POZN271_221721_biotechnologia-1989-no4-3-zekanowski.pdf},
 keywords={biotechnology},
}