Open AccessICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pseudoviridae
Author(s) -
Carlos Lloréns,
Beatriz Soriano,
Mart Krupovìč
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/jgv.0.001563
Subject(s) - biology , retrotransposon , virology , virus classification , genome , virus , genetics , gene , transposable element
Pseudoviridae is a family of reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats (LTRs) belonging to the order Ortervirales . Pseudoviruses are commonly found integrated in the genomes of diverse plants, fungi and animals and are broadly known as Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons. Inside the cell, they form icosahedral virus particles, but unlike most other viruses, do not have an extracellular phase. This is a summary of the ICTV Report on the family Pseudoviridae , which is available at ictv.global/report/pseudoviridae.