Abstract
A novel latent closterovirus was detected from highbush blueberry in Japan and provisionally named blueberry virus A (BVA). The BVA genome (17,798 nucleotides) contains 10 open reading frames, but no minor coat protein could be identified in the virus genome. The BVA RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), heat shock protein 70 homolog (HSP70h), and major coat protein (CP) shared the highest amino acid sequence identities with those of viruses in the genus Closterovirus (61.2, 27.6, and 20.9 %, respectively). In a phylogenetic analysis of the RdRp, HSP70h, and CP, BVA did not cluster with any genus in the family Closteroviridae.
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This work was supported in part by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 21580051 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan.
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The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ database as accession AB733585 for blueberry virus A.
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Isogai, M., Muramatu, S., Watanabe, M. et al. Complete nucleotide sequence and latency of a novel blueberry-infecting closterovirus. J Gen Plant Pathol 79, 123–127 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0431-0
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