Hemivirus

Bousios, Alexandros; Voytas, Daniel F.; Peterson-Burch, Brooke D.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_253

Alexandros Bousios³,
Daniel F. Voytas Ph.D⁴ &
Brooke D. Peterson-Burch BA⁵

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Virion

Morphology:	Spheroid, polyhedral
Envelope:	No
Diameter (nm):	50
Length (nm):	–
Structural components:	Nucleocapsid, capsid
Buoyant density (g/mL):	?
Buoyant density method:
Lipid composition:
Additional information:	Particles are found in the nucleus

Genome

Nucleic acid:	RNA
Strandedness:	Single-stranded
Polarity:	Positive-sense
Configuration:	Linear
Segment organization:	Segment no. 1 (kb)	4.3–8.9
	One segment(s):	4.3–8.9 (kb) total (calculated)
G + C content (%):	33.0–61.1
mRNA transcripts:	1–2
Open reading frames:	1–2
Additional information:

Replication

Entry mechanism:	Unknown
Site of transcription:	Nucleus
Transcriptase:	RNA polymerase II
Site of genome replication:	Cytoplasm or nucleus
Replicase:	Element-encoded reverse transcriptase
Replication intermediate:	Integrated DNA
Site of virion assembly:	Cytoplasm or nucleus
Egress mechanism:	Unknown
Additional information:	Viral genome integrates into host DNA

**Drosophila melanogaster copia virus. Fig.1**

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Centre for Research and Technology, Institute of Agrobiotechnology (IN.A.), 6th km. Charilaou-Thermi Rd., 570 01, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Alexandros Bousios
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, 1035A Roy J Carver Co-Lab, 2531-3650, Ames, IA, USA
Daniel F. Voytas Ph.D
Zoology and Genetics, Iowa State University, 2278 Molecular Biology Bldg., 2531-3260, Ames, IA, USA
Brooke D. Peterson-Burch BA

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Bousios, A., Voytas, D.F., Peterson-Burch, B.D. (2011). Hemivirus. In: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (eds) The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_253

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