• DOI:10.1038/srep39749
• Corpus ID: 38273909

An expressed, endogenous Nodavirus-like element captured by a retrotransposon in the genome of the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

@article{Cotton2016AnEE,
  title={An expressed, endogenous Nodavirus-like element captured by a retrotransposon in the genome of the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus},
  author={James Anthony Cotton and Sascha Steinbiss and Toshiro Yokoi and Isheng. J. Tsai and Taisei Kikuchi},
  journal={Scientific Reports},
  year={2016},
  volume={6}
}

• J. Cotton, Sascha Steinbiss, +2 authors T. Kikuchi
• Published 22 December 2016
• Biology
• Scientific Reports

Recently, nematode viruses infecting Caenorhabditis elegans have been reported from the family Nodaviridae, the first nematode viruses described. Here, we report the observation of a novel endogenous viral element (EVE) in the genome of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, a plant parasitic nematode unrelated to other nematodes from which viruses have been characterised. This element derives from a different clade of nodaviruses to the previously reported nematode viruses. This represents the first endogenous nodavirus sequence, the first nematode endogenous viral element, and significantly extends our knowledge of the potential diversity of the Nodaviridae. A search for endogenous elements related to the Nodaviridae did not reveal any elements in other available nematode genomes. Further surveillance for endogenous viral elements is warranted as our knowledge of nematode genome diversity, and in particular of free-living nematodes, expands.