Ultrastructural Analysis of Cells From Bell Pepper (Capsicum annuum) Infected With Bell Pepper Endornavirus.

ABSTRACT: Endornaviruses include viruses that infect fungi, oomycetes, and plants. The genome of plant endornaviruses consists of linear ssRNA ranging in size from approximately 13-18 kb and lacking capsid protein and cell-to-cell movement capability. Although, plant endornaviruses have not been shown to cause detectable changes in the plant phenotype, they have been associated with alterations of the host physiology. Except for the association of cytoplasmic vesicles with infections by Vicia faba endornavirus, effects on the plant cell ultrastructure caused by endornaviruses have not been reported. Bell pepper endornavirus (BPEV) has been identified in several pepper (Capsicum spp.) species. We conducted ultrastructural analyses of cells from two near-isogenic lines of the bell pepper

SUBMITTER: Otulak-Koziel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199235 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature