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Review

Advances in Tetravirus Research: New Insight into the Infectious Virus Lifecycle and an Expanding Host Range

by
Rosemary Ann Dorrington
*,
Meesbah Jiwaji
,
Janet Awino Awando
and
Mart-Mari de Bruyn
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 2019, 34(1), 145-162; https://doi.org/10.21775/cimb.034.145
Submission received: 8 March 2019 / Revised: 2 April 2019 / Accepted: 2 May 2019 / Published: 6 June 2019

Abstract

Tetraviruses are a group of relatively unknown small RNA viruses with particles that display a characteristic T=4 capsid architecture. Tetraviruses are classified into three families, the Alphatetraviridae, Permutotetraviridae and Carmotetraviridae, according to the divergent characteristics of their respective viral replicases. Tetraviruses generally infect the larvae of lepidopteran insect species, many of which are important agricultural pests and, until recently, were thought to have an unusually narrow host range and tissue tropism. The development of experimental systems for studying the viral infectious life cycle in tissue culture has permitted the extension of the virus host range to mammalian cells and plants. This chapter will review recent advances in the understanding of the biology of tetraviruses, highlighting new information on the expression and functional characterisation of viral proteins and the development of biological systems for elucidating the molecular mechanisms of infection, viral replication and host range.

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Dorrington, R.A.; Jiwaji, M.; Awando, J.A.; de Bruyn, M.-M. Advances in Tetravirus Research: New Insight into the Infectious Virus Lifecycle and an Expanding Host Range. Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 2019, 34, 145-162. https://doi.org/10.21775/cimb.034.145

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Dorrington RA, Jiwaji M, Awando JA, de Bruyn M-M. Advances in Tetravirus Research: New Insight into the Infectious Virus Lifecycle and an Expanding Host Range. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 2019; 34(1):145-162. https://doi.org/10.21775/cimb.034.145

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Dorrington, Rosemary Ann, Meesbah Jiwaji, Janet Awino Awando, and Mart-Mari de Bruyn. 2019. "Advances in Tetravirus Research: New Insight into the Infectious Virus Lifecycle and an Expanding Host Range" Current Issues in Molecular Biology 34, no. 1: 145-162. https://doi.org/10.21775/cimb.034.145

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Dorrington, R. A., Jiwaji, M., Awando, J. A., & de Bruyn, M.-M. (2019). Advances in Tetravirus Research: New Insight into the Infectious Virus Lifecycle and an Expanding Host Range. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 34(1), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.21775/cimb.034.145

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