Complete Genome Sequence of the Alfalfa latent virus

Lev G Nemchinov; Jonathan Shao; Olga A Postnikova

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00250-15

Complete Genome Sequence of the Alfalfa latent virus

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 16;3(2):e00250-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00250-15.

Authors

Lev G Nemchinov¹, Jonathan Shao², Olga A Postnikova²

Affiliations

¹ USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA lev.nemchinov@ars.usda.gov.
² USDA-ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

The first complete genome sequence of the Alfalfa latent carlavirus (ALV) was obtained by primer walking and Illumina RNA sequencing. The virus differs substantially from the Czech ALV isolate and the Pea streak virus isolate from Wisconsin. The absence of a clear nucleic acid-binding protein indicates ALV divergence from other carlaviruses.