Experimental and theoretical definition of geminivirus origin of replication.
Geminiviruses are plant pathogens that replicate by a rolling-circle mechanism, analogous to that used by several prokaryotic ssDNA replicons. Recent reports provide important progress in understanding the structure and functioning of replication origin from these viruses. We have used these data to propose models for the initiation of replication in dicot- and monocot-infecting geminiviruses.
Argüello-Astorga
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Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Irapuato, Gto. Mexico.
Herrera-Estrella
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Rivera-Bustamante
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D001483:Base Sequence; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000821:virology; D018741:Replication Origin; D012093:Replicon; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D016385:TATA Box; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors