Geminivirus classification and nomenclature: Progress and problems

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-189

  Fauquet, Claude M ^a   Stanley, John ^b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Begomovirus; Curtovirus; Geminivirus; Mastrevirus; Nomenclature; Phylogeny; Recombination; Taxonomy; Topocuvirus

Indexed keywords

NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY; VIRAL DISEASE;

BEGOMOVIRUS; CURTOVIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; MASTREVIRUS; TOPOCUVIRUS;

EID: 0037905789     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00241.x     Document Type: Review

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