title: Genetic characterization of a putative Densovirus from the mealybug Planococcus citri.
abstract: Total genomic DNA preparations from the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, contained a DNA band corresponding to 5.5 kilobases. This DNA was a linear molecule and was cloned into pUC18. Nucleotide sequence determination indicated that it was the replicative form of a densovirus, most closely related to the virus from Periplaneta fuliginosa (smokybrown cockroach).
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8665, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Thao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wineriter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buckingham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002957:Citrus / Q000469:parasitology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017990:Densovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral