Geminiviruses have small, single-stranded DNA genomes that replicate through double-
stranded intermediates in the nuclei of infected plant cells. Viral double-stranded DNA also …

The majority of plant-infecting viruses utilize an RNA genome, suggesting that plants have
imposed strict constraints on the evolution of DNA viruses. The geminiviruses represent a …

The practical need to partition the world of viruses into distinguishable, universally agreed
upon entities is the ultimate justification for develo** a virus classification system. Since …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) are responsible for many economically important
crop diseases worldwide. The majority of these diseases are caused by bipartite …

Geminiviruses are DNA viruses which infect plants. They have a small genome and encode
only a few proteins. Therefore, their DNA replication cycle relies largely on the use of cellular …

Geminiviruses comprise a large and diverse family of viruses that infect a wide range of
important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop species and cause significant yield …

Plant pathogenic geminiviruses have been proliferating worldwide and have, therefore,
attracted considerable scientific interest during the past three decades. Current knowledge …

When porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) was isolated more than 40 years ago as a non-
pathogenic contaminant of a porcine kidney cell line, enthusiasm and curiosity kept within …

The Geminiviridae is an extensive family of plant viruses responsible for economically
devastating diseases in crops worldwide. Geminiviruses package circular, single-stranded …

Geminiviruses encode a replication initiator protein, Rep, which binds in a sequence-
specific fashion to iterated DNA motifs (iterons) functioning as essential elements for virus …