Five Questions about Mycoviruses

  According to the most recent report concerning virus taxonomy, the genome of most mycoviruses consists of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), while the genome of about 30% of mycoviruses is composed of a positive, single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) [2]. [...]Sclerotinia scerotiorum RNA virus L is closely relat...

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Published inPLoS pathogens Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e1005172
Main Authors Son, Moonil, Yu, Jisuk, Kim, Kook-Hyung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2015
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects
Analysis
Animals
Biology
Care and treatment
Cell division
Cell hybridization
Complications and side effects
Crop diseases
Fungal Viruses - isolation & purification
Fungal Viruses - pathogenicity
Fungi
Fungi - virology
Gene expression
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal - genetics
Genomes
Health aspects
Humans
Hypotheses
Infection
Infections
Pearls
Physiological aspects
Plant Diseases - microbiology
RNA Viruses - metabolism
Studies
Taxonomy
Viruses
South Korea
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Summary:  According to the most recent report concerning virus taxonomy, the genome of most mycoviruses consists of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), while the genome of about 30% of mycoviruses is composed of a positive, single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) [2]. [...]Sclerotinia scerotiorum RNA virus L is closely related to the human pathogen hepatitis E virus and rubi-like viruses [3]. Similar scenarios might also explain the origin of plant viruses; i.e., some plant viruses may have originated from mycoviruses that moved from fungus to plant [7]. Because convincing data are lacking, however, the origin of mycoviruses remains a mystery.
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1553-7374
1553-7366
1553-7374
DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005172