Isolation and Characterization of a Rod-Shaped, Whitefly-Transmissible, DNA-Containing Plant Virus
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Phytopathology®
- Vol. 70 (3) , 226-228
- https://doi.org/10.1094/phyto-70-226
Abstract
A whitefly-transmissible virus, cucumber vein yellowing virus (CVYV), was purified and characterized. The virus is unstable, forms various aggregates and its infectivity and particle integrity depend greatly on the ionic strength of the medium used in extraction and purification. The virus particles are rod-shaped (740-800 .times. 15-18 mm) and have a sedimentation coefficient of about 220 S. CVYV consists of double-stranded DNA and a signle proteinaceous subunit (39,000 daltons). These characteristics indicate that CVYV is a type of virus that was not described previously.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: