Banana virus X
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Tymovirales
Family: Betaflexiviridae
Genus: incertae sedis
Species:
Banana virus X

Banana virus X (BVX) is a plant virus that infects members of the genus Musa. Its genome is about 2,900 nucleotides in length and contains five open reading frames that encode for a replication-associated protein, a movement-associated triple gene block and a capsid protein.[1] A polyvalent degenerate oligonucleotide reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PDO-RT-PCR) assay has been developed to detect BVX nucleic acid in infected leaves.[2] The virus was originally discovered in Guadeloupe.[3]

References

  1. ^ Teycheney, P. -Y.; Marais, A.; Svanella-Dumas, L.; Dulucq, M. -J.; Candresse, T. (2005). "Molecular characterization of banana virus X (BVX), a novel member of the Flexiviridae family". Archives of Virology. 150 (9): 1715–1727. doi:10.1007/s00705-005-0567-0. PMID 15968476. S2CID 23750342.
  2. ^ Teycheney, P. Y.; Acina, I.; Lockhart, B. E. L.; Candresse, T. (2007). "Detection of Banana mild mosaic virus and Banana virus X by polyvalent degenerate oligonucleotide RT-PCR (PDO-RT-PCR)". Journal of Virological Methods. 142 (1–2): 41–49. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.01.004. PMID 17280722.
  3. ^ Kumar, P. Lava; Selvarajan, Ramasamy; Iskra-Caruana, Marie-Line; Chabannes, Matthieu; Hanna, Rachid (2015), Biology, Etiology, and Control of Virus Diseases of Banana and Plantain, Advances in Virus Research, vol. 91, Elsevier, pp. 229–269, doi:10.1016/bs.aivir.2014.10.006, ISBN 9780128027622, PMID 25591881, retrieved 2022-10-08
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