Umbravirus
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| Umbravirus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group IV ((+)ssRNA) |
| Family: | Unassigned |
| Genus: | Umbravirus |
| Species | |
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Carrot mottle mimic virus | |
The genus Umbravirus includes plant viruses. The genus has not yet been assigned to a family but it is closely allied to the Tombusviridae.
Umbraviruses do not encode their own coat protein, but use the coat proteins of 'assistor viruses' from the family Luteoviridae to produce virions, allowing them to be transmitted.[1] Transmission may be by aphids or mechanical inoculation. The genome is a linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA, 4200–6900 nucleotides in length.[2]
Carrot mottle virus is the type species.
Literature
- ↑ Taliansky, M. E.; Robinson, D. (2003). "Molecular biology of umbraviruses: phantom warriors". Journal of General Virology 84 (Pt 8): 1951. doi:10.1099/vir.0.19219-0. PMID 12867625.
- ↑ Index of Viruses—Umbravirus (2006). In: ICTVdB—The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchan-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA.
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