Varicosavirus
| Varicosavirus | |
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| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA)
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| Genus: | Varicosavirus
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| Species: | Lettuce big-vein associated varicosavirus
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The genus Varicosavirus is a group of related plant viruses associated with the swelling in plant vein tissues. They are negative single stranded RNA[1] viruses. Infection occurs through soil by the spores of the fungus Olpidium brassicae.
Genome
The genome of the only member of the only species of this genus (lettuce big-vein associated virus (LBVaV)) consists of a bi-segmented linear, single-stranded negative sense RNA. The first segment is about 6350–7000 nucleotides in length; the second, about 5630–6500 nucleotides in length.[2]
Structure
Virions consist of a non-enveloped rod-shaped capsid, having a helical symmetry of 120–360 nm in length, and a width of 18–30 nm.
Literature
- ^ Kormelink R, Garcia ML, Goodin M, Sasaya T, Haenni AL (2011). "Negative-strand RNA viruses: the plant-infecting counterparts". Virus Res. 162 (1–2): 184–202. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2011.09.028. PMID 21963660.
- ^ Sasaya T, Ishikawa K, Koganezawa H (2002). "The nucleotide sequence of RNA1 of Lettuce big-vein virus, genus Varicosavirus, reveals its relation to nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses". Virology. 297 (2): 289–97. doi:10.1006/viro.2002.1420. PMID 12083827.
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