WHITEFLY TRANSMISSION AND EFFICIENT SSDNA ACCUMULATION OF BEAN GOLDEN MOSAIC GEMINIVIRUS REQUIRE FUNCTIONAL COAT PROTEIN
WHITEFLY TRANSMISSION AND EFFICIENT SSDNA ACCUMULATION OF BEAN GOLDEN MOSAIC GEMINIVIRUS REQUIRE FUNCTIONAL COAT PROTEIN
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DOI:
10.1006/viro.1994.1533
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发表时间:
1994-10-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
MAXWELL, DP
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作者:
AZZAM, O;FRAZER, J;MAXWELL, DP
Bean golden mosaic geminivirus (BGMV) has a bipartite genome composed of two circular ssDNA components (DNA-A and DNA-B) and is transmitted by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. DNA-A encodes the viral replication proteins and the coat protein. To determine the role of BGMV coat protein in systemic infection and whitefly transmission, two deletions and a restriction fragment inversion were introduced into the BGMV coat protein gene. All three coat protein mutants produced systemic infections when coinoculated with DNA-B onto Phaseolus vulgaris using electric discharge particle acceleration ''particle gun.'' However, they were not sap transmissible and coat protein was not detected in mutant-infected plants. In addition, none of the mutants were transmitted by whiteflies. With all three mutants, ssDNA accumulation of DNA-A and DNA-B was reduced 25- to 50-fold and 3- to 10-fold, respectively, as compared to that of wild-type DNA. No effect on dsDNA-A accumulation was detected and there was 2- to 5-fold increase in dsDNA-B accumulation. Recombinants between the mutated DNA-A and DNA-B forms were identified when the inoculated coat protein mutant was linearized in the common region, (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.