| Literature DB >> 24184704 |
Marie-Line Iskra-Caruana1, Pierre-Olivier Duroy2, Matthieu Chabannes3, Emmanuelle Muller4.
Abstract
Recent plant genome sequencing efforts have revealed myriad viral sequences suggesting a cryptic interaction between both partners. Interestingly, no integration step has ever been reported as an obligatory step in the life cycle of plant viruses. Circular dsDNA viruses belonging to the family Caulimoviridae are the most abundant among integrated plant viral sequences. In this review, we describe how this hitherto hidden interaction could inform the evolutionary history of both partners badnaviruses and banana plants.Entities:
Keywords: Badnavirus; Banana streak virus; Co-evolution; Endogenous viral sequences; Epidemics; Phylogeny
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24184704 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Genet Evol ISSN: 1567-1348 Impact factor: 3.342