THE TERMINI OF A NEW CITRUS VIROID CONTAIN DUPLICATIONS OF THE CENTRAL CONSERVED REGIONS FROM 2 VIROID GROUPS

被引:21
作者
STASYS, RA [1 ]
DRY, IB [1 ]
REZAIAN, MA [1 ]
机构
[1] CSIRO,DIV HORT,ADELAIDE,SA 5001,AUSTRALIA
关键词
VIROID; CITRUS; CVDIIIA; CONSERVED CORE SEQUENCE; DWARFING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(94)01424-Y
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A citrus viroid associated with dwarfing, CVdIIIA, has been sequenced and its 294 nucleotide residues can be arranged to form the typical rod-like secondary structure of other viroids with 71% of nucleotides base-paired. CVdIIIA has greatest sequence similarity with apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd; 69%) and has the central sequence which is conserved in the ASSVd group. CVdIIIA is the smallest member of the ASSVd group but contains the terminal conserved region shared by all viroids over 300 nucleotides. The two ends of CVdIIIA are highly unusual in that each end appears to be derived from the conserved central core region of a different viroid group.
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