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Antiviral Agents and Inducers of Virus Resistance : Analogies with Interferon

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Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((NSSA,volume 37))

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The-possibility that the active defence mechanisms against viruses in plants may be analogous to the interferon system in animals is not a new hypothesis. In 1940, Price (43) compared the ‘apparent recovery’ of virus-infected plants to acquired immunity in animals, and later Loebenstein (37) in 1963 suggested that acquired resistance to viruses may be caused by an interferon-like mechanism. More recently, we reported the appearance of new soluble proteins in plant cells that become resistant to viruses and pointed out the possibility of an analogy between these and interferon in animals (19, 22, 23).

‘En biologie, comme en justice, il y a des moments où l’accumulation des preuves indirectes est si forte que même les présomptions méritent d’être prises en considération’

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Gianinazzi, S. (1982). Antiviral Agents and Inducers of Virus Resistance : Analogies with Interferon. In: Wood, R.K.S. (eds) Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 37. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8309-7_15

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