The Caulimoviridae is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect plants. The
genomes of most vascular plants contain endogenous caulimovirids (ECVs), a class of …

Yam is an important food staple for millions of people globally, particularly those in the
develo** countries of West Africa and the Pacific Islands. To sustain the growing …

In this study, we analyzed the virome of 73 grape samples from two Dagestan
ampelographic collections in Russia using high-throughput sequencing of total RNAs …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is an important sugar and biofuel crop in the world. It is
frequently subjected to drought stress, thus causing considerable economic losses …

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) capsid is a protein core formed by
multiple copies of the viral capsid (CA) protein. Inside the capsid, HIV-1 harbours all the viral …

Rice viruses seriously threaten rice cultivation and cause significant economic losses, but
they have not yet been systematically identified, with only 20 rice-infecting viruses reported …

Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) was the first discovered plant virus with genomic DNA that
uses reverse transcriptase for replication. The CaMV 35S promoter is a constitutive promoter …

Abstract Background and Aims Endogenous pararetroviruses (EPRVs) are widespread
components of plant genomes that originated from episomal DNA viruses of the …

Eukaryotic genomics frequently revealed historical spontaneous endogenization events of
external invading nucleic acids, such as viral elements. In plants, an extensive occurrence of …

Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) plants are exposed to existing and emerging viruses as a result
of expanding acreage of blueberry plantations across the world, primarily in North America …