title: A novel dsRNA element isolated from the Aspergillus foetidus mycovirus complex.
abstract: Aspergillus foetidus virus (AfV) contains at least two icosahedral particle types named AfV-fast (-F) and AfV-slow (-S), based on relative electrophoretic mobility. AfV-F is a quadripartite double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus, and AfV-S contains AfV-S1, which is a member of the genus Victorivirus in the family Totiviridae, and AfV-S2, which may be a satellite RNA or satellite virus and is described here. Analysis of the complete AfV-S2 nucleotide sequence reveals it to be significantly similar to an unclassified RNA from the fungus Rosellinia necatrix and distantly related to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of several single-stranded RNA genomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Zisis
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kozlakidis
authors.forename: Noemi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: Selin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Muhammad F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Robert H A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Coutts
mesh_terms: D001230:Aspergillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019244:RNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D019244:RNA, Satellite; D012367:RNA, Viral