Andres Merits

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Andres Merits
last recorded affiliation:
Institute of Biotechnology
University of Helsinki
Viikki Biocenter
Viikinkaari 5
(P.L. 56)
00014 Helsinki
Finland

remarks:
research on plant viruses

Publications of Andres Merits (15 listed):

Journal of General Virology (2002) 83, 1211-1221
Andres Merits, Minna-Liisa Rajamäki, Päivi Lindholm, Pia Runeberg-Roos, Tuija Kekarainen, Pietri Puustinen, Katri Mäkeläinen, Jari P.T. Valkonen and Mart Saarma (2002)
Proteolytic processing of potyviral proteins and polyprotein processing intermediates in insect and plant cells

Journal of General Virology (2000) 81, 3099-3106
Andres Merits, Oleg N. Fedorkin, Deyin Guo, Natalia O. Kalinina and Sergey Yu. Morozov (2000)
Activities associated with the putative replication initiation protein of Coconut foliar decay virus, a tentative member of the genus Nanovirus

Journal of General Virology (1999) 80, 1127-1131
D. Guo, A. Merits and M. Saarma (1999)
Self-association and mapping of interaction domains of helper component-proteinase of potato A potyvirus

Journal of General Virology (1999) 80, 1133-1139
J. Andrejeva, U. Puur, A. Merits, F. Rabenstein, L. Jarvekulg and J.P.T. Valkonen (1999)
Potyvirus helper component-proteinase and coat protein (CP) have coordinated functions in virus-host interactions and the same CP motif affects virus transmission and accumulation

Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz - Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection (1999) 106, 392-404
J. Schubert, C. Fauquet, A. Merits and F. Rabenstein (1999)
The complete nucleotide sequence of the ryegrass mosaic potyvirus indicates that it is a recombinant between members of two different genera in the family Potyviridae

Archives of Virology (1999) 144, 2355-2366
T. Kekarainen, A. Merits, I. Oruetxebarria, M.-L. Rajamäki and J.P.T. Valkonen (1999)
Comparison of the complete sequences of five different isolates of Potato virus A (PVA), genus Potyvirus

Phytopathology (1998) 88, 311-321
M. Rajamäki, A. Merits, F. Rabenstein, J. Andrejeva, L. Paulin, T. Kekarainen, J.F. Kreuze, R.L.S. Forster and J.P.T. Valkonen (1998)
Biological, serological, and molecular differences among isolates of potato A potyvirus

Journal of General Virology (1998) 79, 3123-3127
A. Merits, D. Guo and M. Saarma (1998)
VPg, coat protein and five non-structural proteins of potato A potyvirus bind RNA in a sequence-unspecific manner

International Congress of Plant Pathology (1998) Andrejeva et al. - Host species-dependent and ...
J. Andrejeva, A. Merits, Ü. Puurand, L. Järvekülg, M. Saarma and J.P.T. Valkonen (1998)
Host species-dependent and virus strain-dependent long-distance movement of potato A potyvirus
Edinburgh, U.K. (9 - 16 Aug. 1998), Poster presented in section: Viral pathogenicity

International Congress of Plant Pathology (1998) Merits et al. - RNA binding properties of ...
A. Merits and M. Saarma (1998)
RNA binding properties of potato A potyvirus encoded structural and non-structural proteins
Edinburgh, U.K. (9 - 16 Aug. 1998), Poster presented in section: Viral pathogenicity

International Congress of Plant Pathology (1998) Valkonen et al. - Potyvirus-potato plant ...
J.P.T. Valkonen, A. Merits, T. Kekarainen, U. Puurand, J.H. Hamalainen, J. Andrejeva, M. Rajamaki, I. Oruechevarria, J.F. Kreuze, V.A. Sorri, K.N. Watanabe and M. Sarma (1998)
Potyvirus-potato plant interactions: a case study on potato virus
Edinburgh, U.K. (9 - 16 Aug. 1998), Poster presented in section: Viral pathogenicity

Phytoparasitica (1997) 25, 74-75
J.P.T. Valkonen, Ü. Puurand, A. Merits, F. Rabinstein, O. Sorri and M. Saarma (1997)
Studies of potato A potyvirus (PVA) using infectious transcripts from a full-length cDNA: Elicitation of hypersensitive resistance responses in potato, and aphid-transmissibility
The Xth International Congress of Virology, August 11-16, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel, poster

Phytoparasitica (1997) 25, p. 220 (Schubert et al.)
J. Schubert, A. Merits and F. Rabenstein (1997)
Ryegrass mosaic virus (RgMV) - Its sequence based classification
The Xth International Congress of Virology, August 11-16, 1996, Binyanei haOoma, Jerusalem, Israel, poster

Archives of Virology (1996) 141, 1207-1219
J. Andrejeva, A. Merits, F. Rabenstein, Ü. Puurand and L. Järvekülg (1996)
Comparison of the nucleotide sequences of the 3'- terminal regions of one aphid and two non-aphid transmissible isolates of potato A potyvirus

Journal of General Virology (1994) 75, 259-267
A.G. Solovyev, V.K. Novikov, A. Merits, E.I. Savenkov, D.A. Zelenina, L.G. Tyulkina and S.Yu. Morozov (1994)
Genome characterization and taxonomy of Plantago asiatica mosaic potexvirus