• Building on previous studies using site-directed mutagenesis
  • Relationship of viroid sequence/structure to function
  • Viroid/host interactions - protein kinase signaling in viroid pathogenesis
  • Identification of nuclear targeting signals on viroid molecules
  
  
• Characterization of plant viral genomes and genome expression
  • Development of novel plant viral-based vectors
  • Contribute knowledge towards controlling viral diseases
  
  
• Development and utilization of plant viral-based vectors for transient gene expression of candidate sequences/ proteins for plant and animal disease control

Cucumber mosaic virus - Virus-like particles expressing engineered Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) epitope and decorated with antiserum to NDV (L. Nemchinov and W. D. Swaim and R. W. Hammond)