Coleus blumei viroid 6: a new tentative member of the genus Coleviroid derived from natural genome shuffling.
Coleus blumei can be infected by several viroids of the genus Coleviroid. One year after detecting a mixed infection of coleus blumei viroid 1 (CbVd-1) and 5 (CbVd-5) in coleus seedlings inoculated with these two viroids, we found an additional viroid-like RNA. Sequence analysis revealed a viroid of 342 nucleotides that contains the central conserved region of coleviroids and is a chimera of the left half of CbVd-3 and the right half of CbVd-5. This new viroid, tentatively referred to as coleus blumei viroid 6 (CbVd-6), appears to have arisen from a natural recombination event or genome shuffling.
Hou
Wan-Ying
WY
State Key Laboratory of Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yuanmingyuan West Road No2, Haidian District, 100193, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Li
Shi-Fang
SF
Wu
Zu-Jian
ZJ
Jiang
Dong-Mei
DM
Sano
Teruo
T
D001483:Base Sequence; D031330:Coleus / Q000821:virology*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014772:Viroids / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012367:RNA, Viral