The species assigned to the genus Metavirus encode Gag and Pol proteins. However, this genus is now known to also include distinct lineages of viruses showing high divergence and polyphyletic relationships to each other.
Carlos Llorens, Beatriz Soriano and Mart Krupovic
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:
Blevins, T., R. Rajeswaran, M. Aregger, B. K. Borah, M. Schepetilnikov, L. Baerlocher, L. Farinelli, F. Meins, Jr., T. Hohn and M. M. Pooggin (2011). Massive production of small RNAs from a non-coding region of Cauliflower mosaic virus in plant defense and viral counter-defense. Nucleic Acids Res 39: 5003-5014. [PubMed]
Descriptions of Plant Viruses Online: http://www.dpvweb.net/index.php
Pierre-Yves Teycheney*
Caulimoviridae Study Group Chair
CIRAD
UMR AGAP
F-97130 Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Guadeloupe
France
&
AGAP
Univ Montpellier
CIRAD
INRAE
Montpellier SupAgro
Montpellier
France
E-mail: teycheney@cirad.fr
