New genes on the block: additional open reading frames in the genomes of geminiviruses
In their DNA genomes, the devastating plant-infecting geminiviruses contain partially overlapping genes which encode multifunctional proteins. For decades, geminiviral genomes were believed to contain four to eight open-reading frames (ORFs); now, a burst of independent works has found evidence for the existence of additional ORFs, revealing that their coding space remains to be fully explored.
Authors
- Rosa Lozano‐Durán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-8842)
- Huang Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-638X)
- Xueping Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-7331)
- Fangfang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-7958)
Institutions
- Institute of Plant Protection (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trends in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2025.05.003
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.25
Funders
- European Research Council