Complete Genome Sequences of Three Tomato Aspermy Virus Isolates in Japan

Sota Inoue; Misato Tamura; Masashi Ugaki; Masashi Suzuki

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00474-18

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Tomato Aspermy Virus Isolates in Japan

Genome Announc. 2018 May 31;6(22):e00474-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00474-18.

Authors

Sota Inoue¹, Misato Tamura¹, Masashi Ugaki¹, Masashi Suzuki²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Bioresource Technology, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
² Laboratory of Bioresource Technology, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan m-suzuki@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Abstract

We report here the first complete nucleotide sequences of genomic RNAs of three Tomato aspermy virus (TAV) isolates in Japan. Analysis of these sequences showed that they have unique characteristics in RNAs 2 and 3. The Japanese isolates are similar to each other compared to other TAVs.