A highly divergent South African geminivirus species illuminates the ancient evolutionary history of this family

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We have characterised a new highly divergent geminivirus species, Eragrostis curvula streak virus (ECSV), found infecting a hardy perennial South African wild grass. ECSV represents a new genus-level geminivirus lineage, and has a mi...

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Main Authors: Monjane Aderito L, Dent Kyle, Shepherd Dionne N, Varsani Arvind, Rybicki Edward P, Martin Darren P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/36