title: Nucleotide sequence and proposed secondary structure of Columnea latent viroid: a natural mosaic of viroid sequences.
abstract: The Columnea latent viroid (CLV) occurs latently in certain Columnea erythrophae plants grown commercially. In potato and tomato, CLV causes potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTV)-like symptoms. Its nucleotide sequence and proposed secondary structure reveal that CLV consists of a single-stranded circular RNA of 370 nucleotides which can assume a rod-like structure with extensive base-pairing characteristic of all known viroids. The electrophoretic mobility of circular CLV under nondenaturing conditions suggests a potential tertiary structure. CLV contains extensive sequence homologies to the PSTV group of viroids but contains a central conserved region identical to that of hop stunt viroid (HSV). CLV also shares some biological properties with each of the two types of viroids. Most probably, CLV is the result of intracellular RNA recombination between an HSV-type and one or more PSTV-type viroids replicating in the same plant.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS Beltsville, MD 20705.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Diener
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014772:Viroids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012367:RNA, Viral