title: Genome organization of Tobacco leaf curl Zimbabwe virus, a new, distinct monopartite begomovirus associated with subgenomic defective DNA molecules.
abstract: The complete DNA A of the begomovirus Tobacco leaf curl Zimbabwe virus (TbLCZWV) was sequenced: it comprises 2767 nucleotides with six major open reading frames encoding proteins with molecular masses greater than 9 kDa. Full-length TbLCZWV DNA A tandem dimers, cloned in binary vectors (pBin19 and pBI121) and transformed into Agrobacterium tumefaciens, were systemically infectious upon agroinoculation of tobacco and tomato. Efforts to identify a DNA B component were unsuccessful. These findings suggest that TbLCZWV is a new member of the monopartite group of begomoviruses. Phylogenetic analysis identified TbLCZWV as a distinct begomovirus with its closest relative being Chayote mosaic virus. Abutting primer PCR amplified ca. 1300 bp molecules, and cloning and sequencing of two of these molecules revealed them to be subgenomic defective DNA molecules originating from TbLCZWV DNA A. Variable symptom severity associated with tobacco leaf curl disease and TbLCZWV is discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa1.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paximadis
authors.affiliation: School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa1.
authors.forename: M E C
authors.initials: MEC
authors.lastname: Rey
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology; D013019:South Africa; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000821:virology; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins