Abstract
Maize-associated totivirus Anhui (MATV-Ah) is a novel totivirus with a 5536-nt genome and two large ORFs that encode a putative coat protein (CP) and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP). The two ORFs share amino acid identities of 32 and 56% when compared to other plant-associated totiviruses, respectively. Based on genome sequence similarity and phylogenetic analysis, MATV-Ah is proposed to be a member of the family Totiviridae genus Totivirus.
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This work was supported by the CAS-TWAS fellowship obtained by I.A.A, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant XDB11040400), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant 2014CB138405) and the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant 1608085QC59). The funders played no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Akinyemi, I.A., Wang, F., Chang, ZX. et al. Genome characterization of the newly identified maize-associated totivirus Anhui. Arch Virol 163, 2929–2931 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3929-0
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