Biopolym. Cell. 1998; 14(5):463-466.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0004ED
Viruses and Cell
Biological indicator tabacum mosaic: virus (TVM) from plant communities in different regions at Ukraine
1Stepanjuk S. A., 2Garifulin O. M.
  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    64, Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 01033
  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

The virus infected plants of Solanaceae in different regions of Ukraine (seven totally) was screened for ecological monitoring purpose. It was released that these plants usually infected at complex manner with viruses of different groups, especially TVM was constant participant of infection process [1, 2]. The 16 TVM-strains (the nine tobacco's – from Narodichi, Zhitomir region; the seven tomato's–from Pushcha-Voditsa, Kiev region) have been studied by application RT-PCR technics. These research have not estimated virus population's distinctions on the base of changes of virus genome's functional site (coding fragment with the information about capcid protein). The all 16 strains can be classificated as TVM NT9 and TVM LE7 tobacco mosaic virus strains, that have been isolated and characterized previously at the same regions [1, 2]. In accordance to these facts it can be conclused about possibility of using TVM as biological indicator model of changes which take part at the nature. In addition, these properties may be used as basic dates.
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