Rice tungro bacilliform virus: Difference between revisions
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Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces. | Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces. | ||
Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) replicates only in phloem cells in infected rice plants and its promoter drives strong phloem-specific reporter gene expression in transgenic rice plants. (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v16/n17/thumbs/7590500f5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v16/n17/full/7590500a.html&usg=__8B6jGU34wMMqMKWlhViJo4xevbc=&h=193&w=150&sz=8&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=W6es5t8H8UfYAM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3DRice%2Btungro%2Bbacilliform%2Bvirus%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%) | |||
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Revision as of 17:46, 17 April 2009
Classification
Viruses; Pararetro-transcribing viruses; Caulimoviridae; Tungrovirus; Rice tungro bacilliform NCBI link to find]
Species
Rice tungro bacilliform virus
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Genus species
Description and Significance
The virion consists of a capsid the is not enveloped. It is elongated and exhibits icosahedral symmetry. The capsid is bacilliform. The capsid shells of virions are composed of multiple layers. With a length of 110-400 nm and a width of 30-35 nm.
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Genome Structure
Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) replicates only in phloem cells in infected rice plants and its promoter drives strong phloem-specific reporter gene expression in transgenic rice plants. (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v16/n17/thumbs/7590500f5.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nature.com/emboj/journal/v16/n17/full/7590500a.html&usg=__8B6jGU34wMMqMKWlhViJo4xevbc=&h=193&w=150&sz=8&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=W6es5t8H8UfYAM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3DRice%2Btungro%2Bbacilliform%2Bvirus%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%)
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
