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- 1. Arif M, Islam Su, Alotaibi SS, El-Shehawi AM, A. Ahmed MA, M. Al-Sadi A (2021) Infectious clone construction and pathogenicity confirmation of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV), Ramie mosaic virus (RamV) and Corchorus yellow vein Vietnam virus (CoYVV) by southern blot analysis. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251232. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251232 pmid:33989327
Citation: The PLOS ONE Editors (2023) Retraction: Infectious clone construction and pathogenicity confirmation of Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV), Ramie mosaic virus (RamV) and Corchorus yellow vein Vietnam virus (CoYVV) by southern blot analysis. PLoS ONE 18(6): e0286780. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286780
Published: June 14, 2023
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