Archives of Virology (1996) 141, 197-204

T. Maoka, S. Kashiwazaki, S. Tsuda, T. Usugi and H. Hibino (1996)
Nucleotide sequence of the capsid protein gene of papaya leaf-distortion mosaic potyvirus
Archives of Virology 141 (1), 197-204
Abstract: The DNA complementary to the 3'-terminal 1404 nucleotides [excluding the poly(A) tail] of papaya leaf-distortion mosaic potyvirus (PLDMV) RNA was cloned and sequenced. The sequence starts within a long open reading frame (ORF) of 1 195 nucleotides and is followed by a 3' non-coding region of 209 nucleotides. Capsid protein (CP) is encoded at the 3' terminus of the ORF. The CP contains 293 residues and has a M_r of 33 277. The CP of PLDMV exhibits 49 to 59% sequence similarity at the amino acid level to the CPs of papaya ringspot potyvirus (PRSV) and other potyviruses. This result is consistent with the absence of a serological relationship between PLDMV and PRSV or other potyviruses. The results support the assignment of PLDMV as a distinct member of the genusPotyvirus.
Sequence data from this article has been deposited with the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases under accession no. D50082.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus