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Potato virus Y: a major crop pathogen that has provided major insights into the evolution of viral pathogenicity.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Jun 2013
Quenouille Julie, Vassilakos Nikon, Moury Benoît
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TAXONOMY: Potato virus Y (PVY) is the type member of the genus Potyvirus in the family Potyviridae. VIRION AND GENOME PROPERTIES: PVY virions have a filamentous, flexuous form, with a length of 730 nm and a diameter of 12 nm. The genomic RNA is single stranded, messenger sense, with a length of 9.7 kb, covalently linked to a viral-encoded protein (VPg) at the 5' end and to a 3' polyadenylated tail. The genome is...
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