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Molecular epidemiology of Plum pox virus in Japan.
Phytopathology - 1 May 2011
Maejima Kensaku, Himeno Misako, Komatsu Ken, Takinami Yusuke, Hashimoto Masayoshi, Takahashi Shuichiro, Yamaji Yasuyuki, Oshima Kenro, Namba Shigetou
Abstract excerpt
For a molecular epidemiological study based on complete genome sequences, 37 Plum pox virus (PPV) isolates were collected from the Kanto region in Japan. Pair-wise analyses revealed that all 37 Japanese isolates belong to the PPV-D strain, with low genetic diversity (less than 0.8%). In phylogenetic analysis of the PPV-D strain based on complete nucleotide sequences, the relationships of the PPV-D strain were...
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