Transmission of a dsRNA in bell pepper and evidence that it consists of the genome of an endornavirus.
A double-stranded (ds) RNA from bell pepper (BP-dsRNA) cv Yolo Wonder was inherited maternally and paternally after crossing Yolo Wonder with Jalapeño M or Hungarian Wax pepper. Partial sequence information was obtained from two cDNA clones derived from the BP-dsRNA and based on sequence similarity was related to members of the genus Endornavirus. Clones of the BP-dsRNA hybridized with similar dsRNAs from four other pepper cultivars, suggesting that all five dsRNAs tested are related. One of the cDNA clones contained a region that had significant similarity with UDP-glucose:glycosyltransferases from fungi, bacteria, plants, and three endornaviruses. Data presented indicate that the BP-dsRNA is the genome of a distinct species of the genus Endornavirus.
Valverde
Rodrigo A
RA
Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. ravalve@lsu.edu
Gutierrez
Dina L
DL
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002212:Capsicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*
D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral