Apple mosaic virus
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Apple mosaic virus
Classification
Higher order taxa
Virus; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Species
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Genus species
Description and significance
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Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to the environment.
Pathology
How does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
Current Research
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References
Alrefai, R. H., Shiel, P. J., Domier, L. L., D'Arcy, C. J., Berger, P. H., & Korban, S. S. (1994). The nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic virus coat protein gene has no similarity with other Bromoviridae coat . Journal of Virology , 75, 2847-2850.
Ansel-Mckinney, P., Scott, S., Swanson, M., Ge, X., & Gehrke, L. (1996). A plant viral coat protein RNA binding consensus sequence contains a crucial arginine. The Embo Journal , 15 (18), 5077-5084.
Bereger, P., & Shiel, P. (2000). The complete nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic virus (ApMV) RNA 1 and RNA 2: ApMV is more closely related to alfalfa mosaic virus than to other ilarviruses . Journal of General Virology (81), 273-278.
Clark, M., & Adams, A. (1977). Characteristics of the Microplate Method of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Dection of Plant Viruses. J.gen.Virol , 34, 475-483.
Halk, E. L., Hsu, H., Aebig, J., & Franke, J. (1984). Production of Monocional Antibodies Against Three Ilarviruses and Alfalfa Mosaic Virus and Their Use in Sterotyping . The Americal Pytopathological Society , 74 (3), 367-372 .
Menzel, W., Jelkmann, W., & Maiss, E. (2002). Detection of four apple viruses by multiplex RT-PCR assays with coamplification of plant mRNA as internal control . Journal of Virological Methods , 99, 81-92.
Postman, J., & Cameron, H. (1987). Apple Mosaic Virus in U.S. Filbert Germ Plasm . Plant Disease , 71 (10), 944-945.
Sanchez-Navarro, J., & Pallas, V. (1994). Nucleotide sequence of apple mosaic ilarvirus RNA 4. Journal of General Virology , 75, 1441-1445.
Edited by student of Emily Lilly at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth