title: Infectivity and complete nucleotide sequence of the cloned genomic components of a bipartite squash leaf curl geminivirus with a broad host range phenotype.
abstract: Through cloning and molecular analysis we have identified two highly homologous bipartite geminiviruses as causing squash leaf curl disease. Mechanical and Agrobacterium-mediated inoculation of plants with cloned viral DNA components identified the two genomic components of SqLCV-E, a squash leaf curl virus with an unexpectedly broad host range for a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the genome of this virus showed it to have the same bipartite component organization characteristic of other whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses. Sequence comparison with the genomic components of tomato golden mosaic virus and bean golden mosaic virus revealed a close evolutionary relationship with these two bipartite geminiviruses, with which SqLCV-E shares common hosts. These studies provide clear molecular evidence for the assignment of SqLCV to the subfamily of bipartite geminiviruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland 21210.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lazarowitz
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Lazdins
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral