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Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus in Alternaria alternata manifesting two-sided effects: Down-regulation of host growth and up-regulation of host plant pathogenicity.
Virology - 1 Jun 2018
Okada Ryo, Ichinose Shun, Takeshita Kana, Urayama Syun-Ichi, Fukuhara Toshiyuki, Komatsu Ken, Arie Tsutomu, Ishihara Atsushi, Egusa Mayumi, Kodama Motoichiro, Moriyama Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
A double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mycovirus was detected in a strain of Alternaria alternata showing impaired growth phenotypes. The A. alternata strain is the Japanese pear pathotype, which produces a host-specific AK-toxin. Sequence analysis of the viral genome dsRNAs revealed that this mycovirus consists of five dsRNAs and is evolutionarily related to members of the family Chrysoviridae; the virus was named...
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