Geminiviruses also encode small proteins with specific functions

Abstract

Geminiviruses are small DNA viruses with single-stranded circular genomes that encode for few known proteins. Recently, Gong et al. reconsidered their protein identification criteria and identified open reading frames that encode small proteins with specific cellular localizations and virulence functions. Their data warrants exploration of such small proteins in other geminiviruses.

Keywords: geminiviruses; small proteins; specific cellular localizations; virulence functions.