Figure 4.
Western blot on the total protein extracts of several Dioscorea species, using an antibody directed to a Rep peptide of EGV1. Lanes: (1) proteins extracted from a turnip plant infected by Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV); (2) a Tomato plant infected by TYLCV; (3) ladder; (4) D. trifida (accession no. 64); (5) D. sansibarensis (accession no. 269); (6) D. bulbifera (accession no. 272); (7) D. dumetorum (accession no. 47); (8) D. togoensis (accession no. 114, seedling); (9) D. praehensilis (accession no. 255); (10) D. rotundata (accession no. 118, seedling); (11) D. nummularia (accession no. 335); (12) D. alata (accession no. 297, seedling); (13) D. alata (accession no. 313 seedling); (14) D. alata (accession no. 402 seedling). No cross-reactivity was detected in the turnip/CaMV, tomato/TYLCV, D. trifida, and D. sansibarensis samples.