title: Infectivity and complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of a South African isolate of maize streak virus.
abstract: The complete infectious genome of a South African isolate of the geminivirus maize streak (MSV-S) has been cloned, characterized, and sequenced. Using an A. tumefaciens Ti plasmid delivery system, the cloned -2.7 kb single circular MSV component was shown to be necessary and sufficient for infection of maize. Based on sequence analysis of the infectious clone, MSV-S is highly homologous to the previously characterized Kenyan and Nigerian isolates. While the genomic organization of MSV-S has elements in common with each of these previously characterized isolates, it is identical to neither and its analysis addresses the discrepancies between them. The result is a somewhat simplified and unified picture of the viral genome, the structural organization of which is essentially identical to that of wheat dwarf virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lazarowitz
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D013019:South Africa; D014771:Virion / Q000235:genetics; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes