Chu P W, Boccardo G, Francki R I
Department of Plant Pathology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide South Australia, Australia.
Virology. 1981 Mar;109(2):428-30. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(81)90513-4.
Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) RNA incubated with Pronase to render it incapable of initiating infection retained its messenger activity in a wheat germ in vitro translation system. Furthermore, polypeptides synthesized by the Pronase-treated and untreated RNAs were indistinguishable.