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. 2012 Jul 27;7(7):e39845. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039845

Table 2. Genome and biological characters comparison of CuTLV and representatives of genera Tymovirus, Marafivirus and Maculavirus.

Family Unassigned Genus Tymovirus Genus Marafivirus Genus Maculavirus
Tymoviridae CuTLV(JQ429443) TYMV (X16378) MRFV(AF265566) GFkV (NC_003347)
Genome length (nt) 6 471 6 318 6 305 7 564
Nucleotide distribution 39.5%C, 14.6%G, 21.6%A, 24.4%U 39.1%C, 17.0%G, 23.0%A, 20.8%U 38.4%C, 23.6%G, 15.3%A, 22.7%U 49.9%C, 16.3%G, 13.9%A, 19.8%U
5′UTR (nt) 140, Capped(?) 88, Capped 96, Capped 291, Capped
3′UTR (nt) 23, Unpolyadenylated 109, tRNA-like 125, Polyadenylated 35, Polyadenylated
ORF number 3 3 2 4
Tymobox/marafibox None Have Have None
Host range ? Dicotyledonous plants (Cruciferae) Poaceae (Zea mays) Dicotyledonous plants (European and American Vitis)
Vector Mosquitoes Coleopteran insects (beetles) Hemipteran insects Unknown
Symptoms ? Diffuse chlorotic local lesions or systemic yellow mosaic Maize bushy stunt Localized clearing flecks, leaves wrinkled, twisted and varying degrees of stunting
Distribution China Eurasian region (in the north west), Australia, America Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Iranian and U.S.A Europe, U.S.A and South Africa