Abstract
Two fungal isolates of the genus Ophiostoma (O. minus and O. quercus) contain double-stranded RNA elements which, when partially cloned and sequenced, represent fragments of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase genes which are most closely related to those found in viruses in the families Totiviridae and Partitiviridae, respectively. This is the first description of a totivirus in the genus Ophiostoma. The partitivirus in O. quercus is distantly related to a partitivirus recently identified in O. himal-ulmi.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 188-192 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Phytopathology |
Volume | 155 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2007 |
Keywords
- DUTCH ELM DISEASE
- totivirus
- FUNGUS
- double-stranded RNA
- NOVO-ULMI
- VIRUS-LIKE RNA
- Ophiostoma
- DOUBLE-STRANDED-RNA
- DEPENDENT RNA-POLYMERASES
- partitivirus