Open AccessEggplant latent viroid : a friendly experimental system in the family Avsunviroidae
Author(s) -
Daròs JoséAntonio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
molecular plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1364-3703
pISSN - 1464-6722
DOI - 10.1111/mpp.12358
Subject(s) - biology , viroid , solanum , rna , ribozyme , circular rna , host (biology) , virology , melongena , genetics , botany , gene
Eggplant latent viroid (ELVd) is the only species of the genus Elaviroid (family Avsunviroidae). All the viroids in the family Avsunviroidae contain hammerhead ribozymes in the strands of both polarities, and are considered to replicate in the chloroplasts of infected cells. This family includes two other genera: Avsunviroid and Pelamoviroid.