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Adaptation of lettuce mosaic virus to Catharanthus roseus involves mutations in the central domain of the VPg.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 May 2014
Svanella-Dumas Laurence, Verdin Eric, Faure Chantal, German-Retana Sylvie, Gognalons Patrick, Danet Jean Luc, Marais Armelle, Candresse Thierry
Abstract excerpt
An isolate of Lettuce mosaic virus (LMV, a Potyvirus) infecting Madagascar periwinckle (Catharanthus roseus) was identified and characterized by Illumina deep sequencing. LMV-Cr has no close affinities to previously sequenced LMV isolates and represents a novel, divergent LMV clade. Inoculation experiments with other representative LMV isolates showed that they are unable to infect C. roseus, which was not known...
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