title: Geminivirus: biolistic inoculation and molecular diagnosis.
abstract: The Geminiviridae family is a large family of plant viruses that has single-stranded DNA genomes and infects a large variety of crop species. In this chapter, we describe a biolistic inoculation protocol that has been successfully used to propagate new species of geminivirus in permissive hosts with total DNA extracted from infected plants. This allows us to directly investigate the biological properties of uncloned and not sap-transmissible geminiviruses.
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, BIOAGRO- Universidade Federal de Viçosa-36571.000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
authors: Anésia A
authors: AA
authors: Santos
authors: Lilian H
authors: LH
authors: Florentino
authors: Acássia B L
authors: AB
authors: Pires
authors: Elizabeth P B
authors: EP
authors: Fontes
mesh_terms: D019470:Biolistics / Q000379:methods*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018745:Genome, Plant; D016679:Genome, Viral; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral