TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of alphasatellite in begomoviral disease complex
AU - Shahid, Muhammad Shafiq
AU - Ilyas, Mehmoona
AU - Waheed, Abdul
AU - Gaur, Rajarshi Kumar
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - A circular single stranded satellite, called as alphasatellite (initially identified as DNA-1), was characterised and confirmed to be associated with the Geminivirus begomovirus-betasatellite complexes. Alphasatellites are single stranded DNA (ssDNA) components, frequently accompanying with monopartite begomovirus or some time w ith bipartite begomovirus and/or betasatellite complex. The genome of alphasatellite DNAs are nearly half size of its helper virus genome and have no similarity with it. Furthermore, their function in begomovirus-betasatellite complex is still unclear. Recent advances in application of molecular tools helped in finding new viruses and allied satellite components that further help in advancing our understanding o f this satellite DNA and this evolution.
AB - A circular single stranded satellite, called as alphasatellite (initially identified as DNA-1), was characterised and confirmed to be associated with the Geminivirus begomovirus-betasatellite complexes. Alphasatellites are single stranded DNA (ssDNA) components, frequently accompanying with monopartite begomovirus or some time w ith bipartite begomovirus and/or betasatellite complex. The genome of alphasatellite DNAs are nearly half size of its helper virus genome and have no similarity with it. Furthermore, their function in begomovirus-betasatellite complex is still unclear. Recent advances in application of molecular tools helped in finding new viruses and allied satellite components that further help in advancing our understanding o f this satellite DNA and this evolution.
KW - Alphasatellite
KW - Begomovirus
KW - Geminivirus
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84978289129
SN - 2221-6421
VL - 59
SP - 52
EP - 58
JO - Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series B: Biological Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series B: Biological Sciences
IS - 1
ER -