| abstract |
A nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant form of wild-type translation initiation factor elF4E is disclosed A mu-tation comprising one or more of I70N, 170E, L82R, DI12N, L48F, S68K, A77D or MI09I in SEQ ID NO 1 imparts virus resis-tance to potato Nucleic acid constructs, expression vectors, cells, plants, and plant seeds containing the nucleic acid sequence are also disclosed, as are methods of imparting virus resistance to plants |