A Single Complementary-Sense Transcript of a Geminiviral DNA β Satellite Is Determinant of Pathogenicity

Small circular single-stranded DNA satellites, termed DNAβ, have recently been found associated with some geminivirus infections. The DNA β associated with Cotton leaf curl virus is responsible for symptom expression of a devastating disease in Pakistan. Mutagenesis of DNA β revealed that the comple...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Saeed, S. A. Akbar Behjatnia, Shahid Mansoor, Yusuf Zafar, Shahida Hasnain, M. Ali Rezaian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2005-01-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-18-0007