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Torralba B, Blanc S, Michalakis Y. Reassortments in single-stranded DNA multipartite viruses: Confronting expectations based on molecular constraints with field observations. Virus Evol 2024; 10:veae010. [PMID: 38384786 PMCID: PMC10880892 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veae010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Single-stranded DNA multipartite viruses, which mostly consist of members of the genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae, and all members of the family Nanoviridae, partly resolve the cost of genomic integrity maintenance through two remarkable capacities. They are able to systemically infect a host even when their genomic segments are not together in the same host cell, and these segments can be separately transmitted by insect vectors from host to host. These capacities potentially allow such viruses to reassort at a much larger spatial scale, since reassortants could arise from parental genotypes that do not co-infect the same cell or even the same host. To assess the limitations affecting reassortment and their implications in genome integrity maintenance, the objective of this review is to identify putative molecular constraints influencing reassorted segments throughout the infection cycle and to confront expectations based on these constraints with empirical observations. Trans-replication of the reassorted segments emerges as the major constraint, while encapsidation, viral movement, and transmission compatibilities appear more permissive. Confronting the available molecular data and the resulting predictions on reassortments to field population surveys reveals notable discrepancies, particularly a surprising rarity of interspecific natural reassortments within the Nanoviridae family. These apparent discrepancies unveil important knowledge gaps in the biology of ssDNA multipartite viruses and call for further investigation on the role of reassortment in their biology.
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- Babil Torralba
- PHIM, Université Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Avenue du Campus d’Agropolis - ZAC de Baillarguet, Montpellier 34980, France
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- PHIM, Université Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Avenue du Campus d’Agropolis - ZAC de Baillarguet, Montpellier 34980, France
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- MIVEGEC, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 911, Avenue Agropolis, Montpellier 34394, France
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Bonnamy M, Brousse A, Pirolles E, Michalakis Y, Blanc S. The genome formula of a multipartite virus is regulated both at the individual segment and the segment group levels. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1011973. [PMID: 38271470 PMCID: PMC10846721 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Differential accumulation of the distinct genome segments is a common feature of viruses with segmented genomes. The reproducible and specific pattern of genome segment accumulation within the host is referred to as the "genome formula". There is speculation and some experimental support for a functional role of the genome formula by modulating gene expression through copy number variations. However, the mechanisms of genome formula regulation have not yet been identified. In this study, we investigated whether the genome formula of the octopartite nanovirus faba bean necrotic stunt virus (FBNSV) is regulated by processes acting at the individual segment vs. viral population levels. We used a leaf infiltration system to show that the two most accumulated genome segments of the FBNSV possess a greater intrinsic accumulation capacity in Vicia faba tissues than the other segments. Nevertheless, processes acting at the individual segment level are insufficient to generate the genome formula, suggesting the involvement of additional mechanisms acting at the supra-segment level. Indeed, the absence of segments with important functions during systemic infection strongly modifies the relative frequency of the others, indicating that the genome formula is a property of the segment group. Together, these results demonstrate that the FBNSV genome formula is shaped by a complex process acting at both the individual segment and the segment group levels.
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- Mélia Bonnamy
- PHIM, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
- MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- PHIM, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
- MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- PHIM, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- PHIM, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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Guyot V, Trieu TD, Insisiengmay O, Zhang T, Iskra-Caruana ML, Pooggin MM. A new genus of alphasatellites associated with banana bunchy top virus in Southeast Asia. Virus Evol 2023; 10:vead076. [PMID: 38361826 PMCID: PMC10868553 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vead076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Autonomously replicating alphasatellites (family Alphasatellitidae) are frequently associated with plant single-stranded (ss)DNA viruses of the families Geminiviridae, Metaxyviridae, and Nanoviridae. Alphasatellites encode a single replication-initiator protein (Rep) similar to Rep proteins of helper viruses and depend on helper viruses for encapsidation, movement, and transmission. Costs versus benefits of alphasatellite-helper virus association are poorly understood. Our surveys in Southeast Asia (SEA) for wild and cultivated banana plants infected with banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, Nanoviridae) and Illumina sequencing reconstruction of their viromes revealed, in addition to a six-component BBTV genome, one to three distinct alphasatellites present in sixteen of twenty-four BBTV-infected plants. Comparative nucleotide and Rep protein sequence analyses classified these alphasatellites into four distinct species: two known species falling into the genus Muscarsatellite (subfamily Petromoalphasatellitinae) previously identified in SEA and two novel species falling into the tentative genus Banaphisatellite (subfamily Nanoalphasatellitinae) so far containing a single species recently identified in Africa. The banaphisatellites were found to be most related to members of the genus Fabenesatellite of subfamily Nanoalphasatellitinae and the genus Gosmusatellite of subfamily Geminialphasatellitinae, both infecting dicots. This suggests a dicot origin of banaphisatellites that got independently associated with distinct strains of monocot-infecting BBTV in Africa and SEA. Analysis of conserved sequence motifs in the common regions driving replication and gene expression of alphasatellites and BBTV strains revealed both differences and similarities, pointing at their ongoing co-evolution. An impact of alphasatellites on BBTV infection and evasion of RNA interference-based antiviral defences was evaluated by measuring relative abundance of BBTV genome components and alphasatellites and by profiling BBTV- and alphasatellite-derived small interfering RNAs. Taken together, our findings shed new light on the provenance of alphasatellites, their co-evolution with helper viruses, and potential mutual benefits of their association.
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- Valentin Guyot
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, University of Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Institute Agro, Montpellier 34398, France
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- Northern Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute, Phu Tho City 290000, Vietnam
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- Life Science Research Centre, Science and Innovation Research Institute, Ministry of Education and Sports, Dontiew Road, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital 99241, Laos
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- Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, University of Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Institute Agro, Montpellier 34398, France
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Ji XL, Zhang M, Wang D, Li Z, Lang S, Song XS. Genome-wide identification of WD40 superfamily in Cerasus humilis and functional characteristics of ChTTG1. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 225:376-388. [PMID: 36402390 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The WD40 superfamily plays an important role in a wide range of developmental and physiological processes. It is a large gene family in eukaryotes. Unfortunately, the research on the WD40 superfamily genes in Cerasus humilis has not been reported. 198 ChWD40s were identified and analyzed in the present study, along with evolutionary relationships, gene structure, chromosome distribution, and collinearity. Then, 5 pairs of tandem duplication and 17 pairs of segmental duplication were found. Based on RNA-Seq data analysis, we screened 31 candidate genes whose expression was up-regulated during the four developmental stages of fruit peel. In addition, we also demonstrated that ChWD40-140, namely ChTTG1, located in the nucleus, cytoplasm, and cytomembrane, has transcriptional activation activity and can form homodimers. ChTTG1 is involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis through heterologous overexpression in Arabidopsis. These research results provide a reference for a comprehensive analysis of the functions of WD40 in the future.
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- Xiao Long Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China; Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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Yu NT, Zhang YL, Wang JH, Liu ZX. A New Method to Obtain the Complete Genome Sequence of Multiple-Component Circular ssDNA Viruses by Transcriptome Analysis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:832. [PMID: 32850712 PMCID: PMC7396673 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are widely distributed globally, infecting diverse hosts ranging from bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. Among these, the genome of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) comprises at least six circular, ssDNA components that are ∼1 kb in length. Its genome is usually amplified and obtained at the DNA level. However, RNA-based techniques to obtain the genome sequence of such multi-component viruses have not been reported. In this study, transcriptome sequencing analysis showed that the full-length of BBTV each genomic component was transcribed into viral mRNA (vmRNA). Accordingly, the near-complete genome of BBTV B2 isolate was assembled using transcriptome sequencing data from virus-infected banana leaves. Assembly analysis of BBTV-derived reads indicated that the full-length sequences were obtained for DNA-R, DNA-U3, DNA-S, DNA-M, DNA-N, NewS2, and Sat4 components, while two gaps (73 and 25 nt) missing in the DNA-C component which was further filled by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). The RT-qPCR analysis indicated that the vmRNA levels of coding regions were 3.19–103.53 folds higher than those of non-coding regions, implying that the integrity of genome assembly depended on the transcription level of non-coding region. In conclusion, this study proposes a new approach to obtain the genome of nanovirids, and provides insights for studying the transcriptional mechanism of the family Nanoviridae, Genomoviridae, and Geminiviridae.
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- Nai-Tong Yu
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.,Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.,Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.,Hainan Key Laboratory of Tropical Microbe Resources, Haikou, China
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Gaafar YZA, Ziebell H. Aphid transmission of nanoviruses. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 104:e21668. [PMID: 32212397 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The genus Nanovirus consists of plant viruses that predominantly infect legumes leading to devastating crop losses. Nanoviruses are transmitted by various aphid species. The transmission occurs in a circulative nonpropagative manner. It was long suspected that a virus-encoded helper factor would be needed for successful transmission by aphids. Recently, a helper factor was identified as the nanovirus-encoded nuclear shuttle protein (NSP). The mode of action of NSP is currently unknown in contrast to helper factors from other plant viruses that, for example, facilitate binding of virus particles to receptors within the aphids' stylets. In this review, we are summarizing the current knowledge about nanovirus-aphid vector interactions.
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- Yahya Z A Gaafar
- Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kuehn Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
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- Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kuehn Institute, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Di Mattia J, Vernerey MS, Yvon M, Pirolles E, Villegas M, Gaafar Y, Ziebell H, Michalakis Y, Zeddam JL, Blanc S. Route of a Multipartite Nanovirus across the Body of Its Aphid Vector. J Virol 2020; 94:e01998-19. [PMID: 32102876 PMCID: PMC7163135 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01998-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Vector transmission plays a primary role in the life cycle of viruses, and insects are the most common vectors. An important mode of vector transmission, reported only for plant viruses, is circulative nonpropagative transmission whereby the virus cycles within the body of its insect vector, from gut to salivary glands and saliva, without replicating. This mode of transmission has been extensively studied in the viral families Luteoviridae and Geminiviridae and is also reported for Nanoviridae The biology of viruses within these three families is different, and whether the viruses have evolved similar molecular/cellular virus-vector interactions is unclear. In particular, nanoviruses have a multipartite genome organization, and how the distinct genome segments encapsidated individually transit through the insect body is unknown. Here, using a combination of fluorescent in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence, we monitor distinct proteins and genome segments of the nanovirus Faba bean necrotic stunt virus (FBNSV) during transcytosis through the gut and salivary gland cells of its aphid vector Acyrthosiphon pisum FBNSV specifically transits through cells of the anterior midgut and principal salivary gland cells, a route similar to that of geminiviruses but distinct from that of luteoviruses. Our results further demonstrate that a large number of virus particles enter every single susceptible cell so that distinct genome segments always remain together. Finally, we confirm that the success of nanovirus-vector interaction depends on a nonstructural helper component, the viral protein nuclear shuttle protein (NSP), which is shown to be mandatory for viral accumulation within gut cells.IMPORTANCE An intriguing mode of vector transmission described only for plant viruses is circulative nonpropagative transmission, whereby the virus passes through the gut and salivary glands of the insect vector without replicating. Three plant virus families are transmitted this way, but details of the molecular/cellular mechanisms of the virus-vector interaction are missing. This is striking for nanoviruses that are believed to interact with aphid vectors in ways similar to those of luteoviruses or geminiviruses but for which empirical evidence is scarce. We here confirm that nanoviruses follow a within-vector route similar to that of geminiviruses but distinct from that of luteoviruses. We show that they produce a nonstructural protein mandatory for viral entry into gut cells, a unique phenomenon for this mode of transmission. Finally, noting that nanoviruses are multipartite viruses, we demonstrate that a large number of viral particles penetrate susceptible cells of the vector, allowing distinct genome segments to remain together.
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- Jérémy Di Mattia
- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- UMR IPME, IRD, CIRAD, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- UMR BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Yu NT, Xie HM, Zhang YL, Wang JH, Xiong Z, Liu ZX. Independent modulation of individual genomic component transcription and a cis-acting element related to high transcriptional activity in a multipartite DNA virus. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:573. [PMID: 31296162 PMCID: PMC6625112 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-5901-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The genome of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) consists of at least six circular, single-stranded DNA components of ~ 1 kb in length. Some BBTV isolates may also carry satellite DNA molecules that are not essential for BBTV infection. The relation between multipartite DNA virus replication and their transcriptional levels and the underlying mechanism remain unclear. Results To understand the coordinated replication and transcription of the multiple genomic components, the absolute amounts of each BBTV DNA component were measured by real-time PCR (qPCR), and their transcriptional levels were determined by RNAseq and reverse transcription-qPCR (qRT-PCR). Significant differences were found in the absolute amounts of individual BBTV genomic components. Transcriptional levels of each BBTV genomic component obtained from the RNAseq data matched closely to those obtained from qRT-PCR, but did not correspond to the absolute amount of each DNA component. The ratio of transcript over DNA copies ranged from 46.21 to 1059.44%, which was possibly regulated by the promoter region in the intergenic region of each component. To further determine this speculation, the promoter region of the DNA-S, −M or -N was constructed to the upstream of green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene for transient expression by agrobacterium-mediated transformation method. The qRT-PCR showed the highest transcriptional activity was promoted by DNA-N promoter, about 386.58% activity comparing with CaMV 35S promoter. Confocal microscopy observation showed that the intensity of green fluorescence was corresponding to that of qRT-PCR. Conclusions Our data clearly showed that BBTV was able to control the transcriptional level of each DNA component independently by through the promoter sequences in the intergenic region. Moreover, a cis-acting element from DNA-N component had a high transcriptional activity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-5901-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nai-Tong Yu
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China
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- School of Plant Sciences and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China.
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