"Geminiviridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of plant viruses where the VIRION possesses an unusual morphology consisting of a pair of isometric particles. Transmission occurs via leafhoppers or whitefly. Some viruses cause economically important diseases in cultivated plants. There are four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus, and BEGOMOVIRUS.
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D017791
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.350 B04.715.270
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geminiviridae" by people in Profiles.
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Fondong VN, Reddy RV, Lu C, Hankoua B, Felton C, Czymmek K, Achenjang F. The consensus N-myristoylation motif of a geminivirus AC4 protein is required for membrane binding and pathogenicity. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2007 Apr; 20(4):380-91.
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Patil BL, Dutt N, Briddon RW, Bull SE, Rothenstein D, Borah BK, Dasgupta I, Stanley J, Jeske H. Deletion and recombination events between the DNA-A and DNA-B components of Indian cassava-infecting geminiviruses generate defective molecules in Nicotiana benthamiana. Virus Res. 2007 Mar; 124(1-2):59-67.