| Literature DB >> 27773769 |
Ralf G Dietzgen1, Hideki Kondo2, Michael M Goodin3, Gael Kurath4, Nikos Vasilakis5.
Abstract
The family Rhabdoviridae consists of mostly enveloped, bullet-shaped or bacilliform viruses with a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA genome that infect vertebrates, invertebrates or plants. This ecological diversity is reflected by the diversity and complexity of their genomes. Five canonical structural protein genes are conserved in all rhabdoviruses, but may be overprinted, overlapped or interspersed with several novel and diverse accessory genes. This review gives an overview of the characteristics and diversity of rhabdoviruses, their taxonomic classification, replication mechanism, properties of classical rhabdoviruses such as rabies virus and rhabdoviruses with complex genomes, rhabdoviruses infecting aquatic species, and plant rhabdoviruses with both mono- and bipartite genomes. Copyright ÂEntities:
Keywords: Diversity; Genome organization; Negative-sense RNA virus; Replication; Rhabdovirus; Taxonomy
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27773769 PMCID: PMC5124403 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.10.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virus Res ISSN: 0168-1702 Impact factor: 3.303