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tobacco mosaic virus

noun

  1. a retrovirus causing mosaic disease in members of the nightshade family. : TMV


tobacco mosaic virus

noun

  1. the virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and related plants: its discovery in 1892 provided the first evidence of the existence of viruses TMV
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tobacco mosaic virus1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

The two collaborated on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus.

From Nature

With Franklin, Dr. Klug worked on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus, a springboard to learning more about molecular structure.

Scientists were only first able to visualize a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, after the 1931 invention of the electron microscope.

Also aiding our cause was my work on tobacco mosaic virus.

Large Scale Biology pioneered ways to use the tobacco mosaic virus to get foreign genes into plants, which would then reproduce the desired proteins.

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