Family Potyviridae


Compiled for the VIth ICTV Report by Barnett OW, Adam G, Brunt AA, Dijkstra J, Dougherty WG, Edwardson JR, Goldbach R, Hammond J, Hill JH, Jordan RL, Kashiwazaki S, Lommel SA, Makkouk K, Morales FJ, Ohki ST, Purcifull D, Shikata E, Shukla DD, Uyeda I


Taxonomic Structure of the Family
ICTVdB - Description of the Family

References cited in the VIth ICTV Report

Barnett OW (ed) (1992) Potyvirus Taxonomy. Arch Virol, Suppl 5. Springer-Verlag, Wein New York

Davidson AD, Prols M, Schell J, Steinbiss A-H (1991) The nucleotide sequence of RNA 2 of barley yellow mosaic virus. J Gen Virol 72: 989-993

Dougherty WG, Carrington JC (1988) Expression and function of potyviral gene products. Ann Rev Phytopathol 26: 123-143

Dougherty WG, Parks TD (1991) Post-translational processing of the tobacco etch virus 49 kDa small nuclear inclusion polyprotein: identification of an internal cleavage site and delimitation of VPg and proteinase domains. Virology 182: 17-27

Edwardson JR, Christie RG (eds) (1991) The Potyvirus Group. Vol I-IV. Univ Fla Agric Exp Sta Mono 16, Gainesville FL

Francki RIB, Milne RG, Hatta T (eds) (1985) Atlas of Plant Viruses, Vol II. CRC Press, Boca Raton FL

Hollings M, Brunt AA (1981) Potyviruses. In: Kurstak E (ed) Handbook of Plant Virus Infections and Comparative Diagnosis. Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, pp 731-807

Jordan R, Hammond J (1991) Comparison and differentiation of potyvirus isolates and identification of strain -, virus -, subgroup - specific and potyvirus group - common epitopes using monoclonal antibodies. J Gen Virol 72: 25-36

Kashiwazaki S, Minobe Y, Omura T, Hibino H (1990) Nucleotide sequence of barley yellow mosaic virus RNA 1: a close evolutionary relationship with potyviruses. J Gen Virol 71: 2781-2790

Kashiwazaki S, Minobe Y, Hibino H (1991) Nucleotide sequence of barley yellow mosaic virus RNA 2. J Gen Virol 72: 995-999

Lain S, Martin MT, Riechmann JL, Garcia JA (1991) Novel catalytic activity associated with positive-strand RNA virus infection: nucleic acid-stimulated ATPase activity of the plum pox potyvirus helicase-like protein. J Virol 65: 1-6

Milne RG (ed) (1988) The Plant Viruses, Vol 4. The Filamentous Plant Viruses. Plenum Press, New York

Mowat WP, Dawson S, Duncan GH, Robinson DJ (1991) Narcissus latent, a virus with filamentous particles and a novel combination of properties. Ann Appl Biol 119: 31-46 Niblett CL, Zagula KR, Calvert LA, Kendall TL, Stark DM, Smith CE, Beachy RN, Lommel SA (1991). cDNA cloning and nucleotide sequence of the wheat streak mosaic virus capsid protein gene. J Gen Virol 72: 499-504.

Restrepo MA, Freed DD, Carrington JC (1990) Nuclear transport of plant potyviral proteins. Plant Cell 2: 987-998

Schenk PM, Steinbiss H-H, Muller B, Schmitz K (1993) Association of two barley yellow mosaic virus (RNA2) encoded proteins with cytoplasmic inclusion bodies revealed by immunogold localization. Protoplasma 173: 113-122

Shukla DD, Brunt AA, Ward CW (1994) Potyviridae. Descriptions of Plant Viruses N° 245. Assoc Appl Biol, Wellesbourne UK

Shukla DD, Ward CW, Brunt AA, (1994) Potyviruses: Biology, Molecular Structure, and Taxonomy. CAB International, Wallingford, UK (in press)

Shukla DD, Ward CW (1989) Structure of potyvirus coat protein and its application to the taxonomy of the potyvirus group. Adv Virus Res 36: 273-314

Ward CW, Shukla DD (1991) Taxonomy of potyviruses: current problems and some solutions. Intervirology 32: 269-296


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