View source for Journal of General Virology (1997) 78, 3153-3159

{{Publication
|Publication authors=R.W. Hammond, R. Kogel and P. Ramirez
|Publication date=1997
|dc:title=Variability of geographically distinct isolates of [[Marafivirus maydis|maize rayado fino virus]] in Latin America
|Publication journal=Journal of General Virology
|prism:volume=78 (12)
|prism:startingPage=3153
|Last page=3159
|External link=http://vir.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/78/12/3153
|Publication abstract=We have examined the molecular epidemiology of the leafhopper-borne maize<sup> </sup>rayado fino virus (MRFV) in Latin America. The coat protein gene and 3'<sup> </sup>non-translated region of 14 isolates of MRFV collected from Latin America<sup> </sup>and the United States were sequenced and phylogenetic relationships<sup> </sup>examined. The nucleotide sequence revealed remarkable conservation, with a<sup> </sup>sequence similarity of 88-99%. Phylogenetic analysis of sequence data<sup> </sup>obtained from a 633 bp fragment showed that MRFV has diverged into three<sup> </sup>main clusters, i.e. the geographically distinct northern and southern<sup> </sup>isolates and the Colombian isolates. Significant differences between the<sup> </sup>isolates collected from Colombia, previously named maize rayado colombiana<sup> </sup>virus, based upon differences in symptomatology and serological<sup> </sup>relationships to MRFV, and the other MRFV isolates, provides additional<sup> </sup>evidence supporting its designation as a unique strain of MRFV.
|AbstractCC=Yes
|Research topic=general biology - morphology - evolution
|Research2P=molecular biology - genes
|Is book=No
}}
{{Pest record
|Pest=Marafivirus maydis
|Country=Colombia
|Quarantined=No
}}