Complete genome sequence of a new bipartite begomovirus infecting fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) plants in Cameroon.
The complete genome sequence was determined and characterized for a previously unreported bipartite begomovirus from fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis, family Cucurbitaceae) plants displaying mosaic symptoms in Cameroon. The DNA-A and DNA-B components were ~2.7 kb and ~2.6 kb in size, and the arrangement of viral coding regions on the genomic components was like those characteristic of other known bipartite begomoviruses originating in the Old World. While the DNA-A component was more closely related to that of chayote yellow mosaic virus (ChaYMV), at 78 %, the DNA-B component was more closely related to that of soybean chlorotic blotch virus (SbCBV), at 64 %. This newly discovered bipartite Old World virus is herein named telfairia mosaic virus (TelMV).
Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Yaoundé, P.O. Box 2123, Messa, Yaoundé, Cameroon. walter.leke@fulbrightmail.org.|Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA. walter.leke@fulbrightmail.org.
Walter N
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Leke
Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA.
Behnam
B
Khatabi
Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA.
Vincent N
VN
Fondong
School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Judith K
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Brown
D001483:Base Sequence; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002163:Cameroon; D028464:Cucurbita / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D023281:Genomics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins