The N-terminal portion of the 216-kDa polyprotein of Commelina yellow mottle badnavirus is required for virus movement but not for replication.

doi:10.1006/viro.1997.8569

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The N-terminal portion of the 216-kDa polyprotein of Commelina yellow mottle badnavirus is required for virus movement but not for replication.

Virology - 9 Jun 1997

Tzafrir I, Ayala-Navarrete L, Lockhart B E, Olszewski N E

Abstract excerpt

Commelina yellow mottle virus (CoYMV) is the type member of the badnaviruses, a genus of plant pararetroviruses. The N-terminus of the polyprotein encoded by ORF III has limited similarity to known cell-to-cell movement proteins. To test the hypothesis that the N-terminus is required for viral mo...

Topics

Badnavirus
DNA, Viral
Mutation
Plant Viral Movement Proteins
Proteins
Viral Proteins
Virus Assembly
Virus Replication

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