Family: Belpaoviridae

Genus: Semotivirus

Distinguishing features

Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description. 

Citation: Belpaoviridae

A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:

References: Belpaoviridae

Boeke, J. D. (2013). Fungal, plant and animal retrotransposon elements. In Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 3rd edn, pp. 248-253. Edited by N. D. Rawlings & G. Salvesen: Academic Press.

de la Chaux, N. and A. Wagner (2011). BEL/Pao retrotransposons in metazoan genomes. BMC Evol Biol 11: 154. [PubMed]

Authors: Belpaoviridae

Family: Belpaoviridae

Beatriz Soriano, Mart Krupovic and Carlos Llorens

Species unassigned to a genus

The Member Species table enumerating important virus exemplars classified under each species of the genus is provided at the bottom of the page.

Citation: Pseudoviridae

A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:

References: Pseudoviridae

Bachmann, A. S., G. Corpuz, W. P. Hareld, G. Wang and B. A. Coller (2004). A simple method for the rapid purification of copia virus-like particles from Drosophila Schneider 2 cells. J Virol Methods 115: 159-65. [PubMed]

Resources: Pseudoviridae

Websites:

Gypsy Database (GyDB) focusing on ortervirales and their evolutionary history: [http://gydb.org] 

Repbase most commonly used database of repetitive DNA elements: [https://www.girinst.org/repbase]

Authors: Pseudoviridae

Carlos Llorens*
Biotechvana
Street Agustin Escardino 9 Building 3, Labs 1.17-118
Scientific Park University of Valencia
46980, Paterna
Valencia
Spain
E-mail: carlos.llorens@biotechvana.com