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Geminiviridae

Known as: Geminivirus, Geminiviruses 
A family of plant viruses where the VIRION possesses an unusual morphology consisting of a pair of isometric particles. Transmission occurs via… 
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Geminiviridae
The geminiviruses are a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with single-stranded, circular DNA genomes of 2500–5200 bases… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
High-frequency, precise modification of the tomato genome
The use of homologous recombination to precisely modify plant genomes has been challenging, due to the lack of efficient methods… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Technical summary
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 6564468
Review
2005
Review
2005
Exploiting chinks in the plant's armor: evolution and emergence of geminiviruses.
The majority of plant-infecting viruses utilize an RNA genome, suggesting that plants have imposed strict constraints on the… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Geminiviruses: models for plant DNA replication, transcription, and cell cycle regulation.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, an emerging virus complex causing epidemics worldwide.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Possible emergence of new geminiviruses by frequent recombination.
Although exchange of genetic information by recombination plays a role in the evolution of viruses, the extent to which it… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Evidence that DNA-A of a geminivirus associated with severe cassava mosaic disease in Uganda has arisen by interspecific recombination.
Geminivirus isolates associated with the epidemic of severe cassava mosaic disease in Uganda were studied and compared with virus… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Conserved sequence motifs in the initiator proteins for rolling circle DNA replication encoded by diverse replicons from eubacteria, eucaryotes and archaebacteria
An amino acid motif was identified that consists of the sequence HisHydrHisHydrHydrHydr (Hydr--bulky hydrophobic residue) and is… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus with a single genomic component.
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