Insertion of large amino acid repeats and point mutations contribute to a high degree of sequence diversity in the X4 protein of tomato ringspot virus (genus Nepovirus)

Archives of Virology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1713-1717

  Jafarpour, Bita ^a   Sanfaçon, Hélène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEPOVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEPOVIRUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POINT MUTATION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEPOVIRUS; TOMATO RINGSPOT VIRUS;

EID: 70350430886     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0497-3     Document Type: Article

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