Citation: Metaviridae

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: Metaviridae

Bergman, C. M., H. Quesneville, D. Anxolabéhère and M. Ashburner (2006). Recurrent insertion and duplication generate networks of transposable element sequences in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Genome Biol 7: R112. [PubMed]

Further reading: Metaviridae

Boeke, J. D. and J. P. Stoye (1999). Retrotransposons, endogenous retroviruses, and the evolution of retroelements. In Retroviruses, pp. 343-435. Edited by H. Varmus, S. Hughes & J. Coffin. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 

Fauquet, C. M., M. A. Mayo, U. Desselberger and L. A. Ball (2005).  Virus Taxonomy, VIIIth Report of the ICTV. London, Elsevier/Academic Press. 

Resources: Metaviridae

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: Metaviridae

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

Family: Metaviridae

Genus: Errantivirus

Distinguishing features

Most errantiviruses carry a third env-like gene and are considered to be true or potential endogenous viruses, although infectivity has been empirically demonstrated only for Drosophila melanogaster Gypsy virus (DmeGypV).

Family: Metaviridae

Genus: Metavirus

Distinguishing features

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. 

Family: Metaviridae

Carlos Llorens, Beatriz Soriano and Mart Krupovic

Citation: Caulimoviridae

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: Caulimoviridae

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]