Geminiviridae
"Geminiviridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of plant viruses where the VIRION possesses an unusual morphology consisting of a pair of isometric particles. Transmission occurs via leafhoppers or whitefly. Some viruses cause economically important diseases in cultivated plants. There are four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus, and BEGOMOVIRUS.
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D017791
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.350 B04.715.270
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Geminiviridae" by people in Profiles.
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Padidam M, Sawyer S, Fauquet CM. Possible emergence of new geminiviruses by frequent recombination. Virology. 1999 Dec 20; 265(2):218-25.