Adaptation of Lettuce mosaic virus to Catharanthus roseus Involves Mutations in the Central Domain of the VPg

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 expe...

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Main Authors: Laurence Svanella-Dumas, Eric Verdin, Chantal Faure, Sylvie German-Retana, Patrick Gognalons, Jean Luc Danet, Armelle Marais, Thierry Candresse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2014-05-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-10-13-0320-R