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Complete nucleotide sequences of a distinct bipartite begomovirus, bitter gourd yellow vein virus, infecting Momordica charantia

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Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae), a vegetable crop commonly cultivated throughout Pakistan, and begomoviruses, a serious threat to crop plants, are natives of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Leaf samples of M. charantia with yellow vein symptoms typical of begomovirus infections and samples from apparently healthy plants were collected from areas around Lahore in 2004. Full-length clones of a bipartite begomovirus were isolated from symptomatic samples. The complete nucleotide sequences of the components of one isolate were determined, and these showed the arrangement of genes typical of Old World begomoviruses. The complete nucleotides sequence of DNA A showed the highest nucleotide sequence identity (86.9%) to an isolate of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV), confirming it to belong to a distinct species of begomovirus, for which the name Bitter gourd yellow vein virus (BGYVV) is proposed. Sequence comparisons showed that BGYVV likely emerged as a result of inter-specific recombination between ToLCNDV and tomato leaf curl Bangladesh virus (ToLCBDV). The complete nucleotide sequence of DNA B showed 97.2% nucleotide sequence identity to that of an Indian strain of Squash leaf curl China virus.

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  1. NUST Centre of Virology and Immunology (NCVI), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Tahir

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    Muhammad Saleem Haider

  3. National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Rob W. Briddon

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Tahir, M., Haider, M.S. & Briddon, R.W. Complete nucleotide sequences of a distinct bipartite begomovirus, bitter gourd yellow vein virus, infecting Momordica charantia . Arch Virol 155, 1901–1905 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-010-0819-5

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