ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pseudoviridae
Carlos Lloréns, Beatriz Soriano, Mart Krupovìč
Abstract
Pseudoviridae is a family of reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats (LTRs) belonging to the order Ortervirales . Pseudoviruses are commonly found integrated in the genomes of diverse plants, fungi and animals and are broadly known as Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons. Inside the cell, they form icosahedral virus particles, but unlike most other viruses, do not have an extracellular phase. This is a summary of the ICTV Report on the family Pseudoviridae , which is available at ictv.global/report/pseudoviridae .
Topics & Concepts
BiologyRetrotransposonVirologyVirus classificationGenomeVirusGeneticsGeneTransposable elementPlant Virus Research StudiesPlant and Fungal Interactions ResearchPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics