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The 'emergence' of turnip mosaic virus was probably a 'gene-for-quasi-gene' event.
Current opinion in virology - 1 Feb 2015
Gibbs Adrian J, Nguyen Huy Duc, Ohshima Kazusato
Abstract excerpt
Turnip mosaic potyvirus is a virus of brassicas that emerged from a lineage of monocotyledon-infecting potyviruses about 1000 years ago. In vivo and in silico studies all indicate that sites, primarily in its protein 3 (P3) and cylindrical inclusion protein (CI) genes, but also its small 6 kDa 2 protein (6K2) and genome-linked viral protein (VPg) genes, control host specificity in a dynamic way. It is most likely...
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