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Three infectious viral species lying in wait in the banana genome.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2013
Chabannes Matthieu, Baurens Franc-Christophe, Duroy Pierre-Olivier, Bocs Stéphanie, Vernerey Marie-Stéphanie, Rodier-Goud Marguerite, Barbe Valérie, Gayral Philippe, Iskra-Caruana Marie-Line
Abstract excerpt
Plant pararetroviruses integrate serendipitously into their host genomes. The banana genome harbors integrated copies of banana streak virus (BSV) named endogenous BSV (eBSV) that are able to release infectious pararetrovirus. In this investigation, we characterized integrants of three BSV specie...
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