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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can viruses used in plant genetic engineering infect people?

thomaster (thomaster):

Maybe infect them, but they won't make you sick. There are no plant virusses known as pathogens for humans.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thats ridiculos!!!The viruses are highly host specific in nature!!due to the specificty of receptor proteins in the cell membrane!!as their is totally different cellular structure of plant cell with animal cell specially receptor proteins there is no chance of invasion at first!!!so no infectio is observed!!

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