title: Chinese squash leaf curl virus: a new whitefly-transmitted geminivirus.
abstract: Coat protein (CP) gene of the Chinese squash leaf curl virus (SqLCV-C) was amplified through PCR, cloned and completely sequenced. Based on the comparisons at the levels of both CP gene nucleotide and CP-deduced amino acid sequences with other geminiviruses, SqLCV-C is confirmed to be distinct from the American squash leaf curl virus (SqLCV-E). It is a new geminivirus transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci, which infects dicotyledonous plants and is more closely related to the Indian cassava mosaic virus (ICMV).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity