Molecular divergence of Grapevine virus A (GVA) variants associated with Shiraz disease in South Africa

Virus Research

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Goszczynski, D E ^a   du Preez, J ^b   Burger, J T ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cloning and sequencing; Genome comparison; Grapevine virus A variants; Shiraz disease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HIGHER PLANT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIRAZ DISEASE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS STRAIN; VITIVIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLEXIVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL PROTEINS; VITIS;

BENTHAMINA; GRAPEVINE VIRUS A; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; VITIS;

EID: 55749106391     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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