Journal of Virology & Antiviral ResearchISSN: 2324-8955

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Theodor O Diener Author

tod26@juno.com

Subjects of specialization
Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, Viroids, Nucleotides, Genetics

Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, USA

Biography

Theodor O Diener is affiliated to Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, He is currently  working as an Professor. Dr. Theodor O Diener has authored and co-authored several national and international publications and also working as a reviewer for reputed professional journals. His current research intrests includes in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics,Viroids, Sub viral agents RNA, Nucleotides.

Publications

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On the Existence of Animal Viroids

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Theodor O Diener

This manuscript is an outgrowth of my discovery of the viroid in 1971, which has been endorsed by the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) as a new order called Subviral Agents, which now consists of two families and upward of 40 species, all isolated from higher plants. Most of these cause diseases of various crops. fruit trees, or ornamental plants. Here I ask the question why, so far, these plant viroids are not complemented by their counterparts in animals. I explain that mostly two forces are probably responsible for this absence: (1) an excessive anthropocentric bias and (2) a refusal by some to recognize the existence of viroids, as well as of the officially endorsed order of subviral agents. Apparently, no significant efforts we... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8955.1000163

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