title: Characterisation of Banana streak Mysore virus and evidence that its DNA is integrated in the B genome of cultivated Musa.
abstract: We have sequenced the complete genome of an isolate of Banana streak virus from banana cv. 'Mysore' and show that it is sufficiently different from a previously characterised isolate from cv. 'Obino l'Ewai' to warrant recognition as a distinct species, for which the name Banana streak Mysore virus (BSMysV) is proposed. The structure of the BSMysV genome was typical of badnaviruses in general, although ORF I had a non-conventional start codon. Evidence that at least part of the BSMysV genome is integrated in the B genome of cultivated Musa is presented and transmissibility by the mealybug Planococcus citri also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia. andrew.geering@dpi.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: A D W
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Geering
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pooggin
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.forename: B E L
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D019195:Badnavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D028521:Musa / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016662:Virus Integration
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral