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Citrus tristeza virus

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Citrus Tristeza Virus-Host Interactions, W. O. Dawson, S. M. Garnsey, Satyanarayana Tatineni, S. Y. Folimonova, S. J. Harper, S. Gowda May 2013

Citrus Tristeza Virus-Host Interactions, W. O. Dawson, S. M. Garnsey, Satyanarayana Tatineni, S. Y. Folimonova, S. J. Harper, S. Gowda

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is a phloem-limited virus whose natural host range is restricted to citrus and related species. Although the virus has killed millions of trees, almost destroying whole industries, and continually limits production in many citrus growing areas, most isolates are mild or symptomless in most of their host range. There is little understanding of how the virus causes severe disease in some citrus and none in others. Movement and distribution of CTV differs considerably from that of well-studied viruses of herbaceous plants where movement occurs largely through adjacent cells. In contrast, CTV systemically infects plants mainly by …


Three Genes Of Citrus Tristeza Virus Are Dispensable For Infection And Movement Throughout Some Varieties Of Citrus Trees, Satyanarayana Tatineni, Cecile J. Robertson, Stephen M. Garnsey, Moshe Bar-Joseph, Siddarame Gowda, William O. Dawson Jan 2008

Three Genes Of Citrus Tristeza Virus Are Dispensable For Infection And Movement Throughout Some Varieties Of Citrus Trees, Satyanarayana Tatineni, Cecile J. Robertson, Stephen M. Garnsey, Moshe Bar-Joseph, Siddarame Gowda, William O. Dawson

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), a member of the Closteroviridae, possesses a 19.3-kb positive-stranded RNA genome that is organized into twelve open reading frames (ORFs). The CTV genome contains two sets of conserved genes, which are characteristic of this virus group, the replication gene block (ORF 1a and 1b) and the quintuple gene block (p6, HSP70 h, p61, CPm, and CP). With the exception of the p6 gene, they are required for replication and virion assembly. CTV contains five additional genes, p33, p18, p13, p20 and p23, in the 3′ half of the genome, some of which (p33, p18 and …