TY - JOUR
T1 - The remarkable evolutionary history of endornaviruses
AU - Roossinck, Marilyn J.
AU - Sabanadzovic, Sead
AU - Okada, Ryo
AU - Valverde, Rodrigo A.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - The family Endornaviridae contains several members from diverse hosts, including plants, fungi and oomycetes. They are found as large dsRNA elements with a nick in the coding strand. All members encode a conserved RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, but no other domain that is conserved among all members. Based on the conserved domain database comparison the various domains have different origins, indicating a highly modular evolutionary history. In some cases, domains with similar putative functions are found that are derived from different protein families, indicating convergent evolution for a required function.
AB - The family Endornaviridae contains several members from diverse hosts, including plants, fungi and oomycetes. They are found as large dsRNA elements with a nick in the coding strand. All members encode a conserved RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, but no other domain that is conserved among all members. Based on the conserved domain database comparison the various domains have different origins, indicating a highly modular evolutionary history. In some cases, domains with similar putative functions are found that are derived from different protein families, indicating convergent evolution for a required function.
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U2 - 10.1099/vir.0.034702-0
DO - 10.1099/vir.0.034702-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 21775577
AN - SCOPUS:80053955800
SN - 0022-1317
VL - 92
SP - 2674
EP - 2678
JO - Journal of General Virology
JF - Journal of General Virology
IS - 11
ER -