Genus Luteovirus


Compiled for the VIth ICTV Report by Randles JW, Rathjen JP


Taxonomic Structure of the Genus
ICTVdB - Description of the Genus

References cited in the VIth ICTV Report

Brault V, Miller WA (1992) Translational frameshifting mediated by a viral sequence in plant cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 2262-2266

Chin L-S, Foster JL, Falk BW (1993) The beet western yellows virus ST9-associated RNA shares structural and nucleotide sequence homology with carmo-like viruses. Virology 192: 473-482

Demler SA, de Zoeten GA (1991) The nucleotide sequence and luteovirus-like nature of RNA1 of an aphid non-transmissible strain of pea enation mosaic virus. J Gen Virol 72: 1819-1834

Francki RIB, Milne RG, Hatta T (1985) Luteovirus group, In: Atlas of Plant Viruses Vol I. CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, pp 137-152

Habili N, Symons RH (1989) Evolutionary relationship between luteoviruses and other RNA plant viruses based on sequence motifs in their putative RNA polymerases and nucleic acid helicases. Nucl Acids Res 17: 9543-9555

Johnstone GR, Ashby JW, Gibbs AJ, Duffus JE, Thottapilly G, Fletcher JD (1984) The host ranges, classification and identification of eight persistent aphid-transmitted viruses causing diseases in legumes. Neth J Pl Path 90: 225-245

Martin RR, Keese P, Young MJ, Waterhouse PM, Gerlach WL (1990) Evolution and molecular biology of luteoviruses. Ann Rev Phytopathol 28: 341-363

Martin RR, D'arcy CJ (1990) Relationships among luteoviruses based on nucleic acid hybridization and serological studies. Intervirology 31: 23-30

Mayo MA, Robinson DJ, Jolly CA, Hyman L (1989) Nucleotide sequence of potato leafroll luteovirus RNA. J Gen Virol 70: 1037-1051

Miller WA, Waterhouse PM, Gerlach WL (1988) Sequence and organization of barley yellow dwarf virus genomic RNA. Nucl Acids Res 16: 6097-6111

Prufer D, Tacke E, Schmitz J, Kull B, Kaufmann A, Rohde W (1992) Ribosomal frameshifting in plants: a novel signal directs the -1 frameshift in the synthesis of the putative viral replicase of potato leaf roll luteovirus. EMBO J 11: 1111-1117

Rathjen JP, Karageorgos LE, Habili N, Waterhouse PM, Symons RH (1994) Soybean dwarf luteovirus contains the third variant genome type in the luteovirus group. Virology 198:671-679

Ueng PP, Vincent JR, Kawata EE, Lei C-H, Lister RM, Larkins BA (1992) Nucleotide sequence analysis of the genomes of the MAV-PS1 and P-PAV isolates of barley yellow dwarf virus. J Gen Virol 73: 487-492

Vincent JR, Lister RM, Larkins BA (1991) Nucleotide sequence analysis and genomic organization of the NY-RPV isolate of barley yellow dwarf virus. J Gen Virol 72: 2347-2355

Waterhouse PM, Gildow FE, Johnstone GR (1988) Luteovirus group. CMI/AAB Description of Plant Viruses N° 339, 4pp


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