Abstract
The complete genome sequences for two variant isolates of groundnut
rosette assistor virus (GRAV) have been determined from symptomatic
groundnut plants in western Kenya. The sequences of the two GRAV
isolates (sc7.1 and sc7.2) are 84.2% identical at the nucleotide level
and 98.5% identical at the coat protein level. The variants sc7.1 and
sc7.2 comprise 5850 and 5879 nucleotides respectively, and show similar
genome organizations with 7 predicted ORFs (P0, P1, P2, P3a, P3 (coat
protein, CP), P4 (movement protein, MP) and P5 (coat protein-readthrough
protein, CP-RT). Currently, GRAV is an unassigned virus in the Luteoviridae
family, due to the fact that only the sequence of the coat protein was
previously obtained. The presence of both ORF0 and ORF 4 within the
genome sequence determined in the current work suggest that GRAV should
be classified as a member of the genus Polerovirus.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 197837 |
Journal | Virus Research |
Volume | 277 |
Early online date | 10 Dec 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- RNA-sequencing
- Groundnut
- Groundnut rosette assistor virus
- Polerovirus
- Luteovirus