[EN] Taxonomy
Eggplant latent viroid (ELVd) is the only species of the genus Elaviroid (family Avsunviroidae). All the viroids in the family Avsunviroidae contain hammerhead ribozymes in the strands of both polarities, ...
Cordero-Cucart, María Teresa; Ortolá-Navarro, Beltrán; Daros Arnau, Jose Antonio(Frontiers Media SA, 2018)
[EN] Eggplant latent viroid (ELVd) is a relatively small non-coding circular RNA that induces asymptomatic infections in eggplants (Solanum melongena L.). Like other viroid species that belong to the family Avsunviroidae, ...
Nohales Zafra, Maria Angeles; Flores Pedauye, Ricardo; Daros Arnau, Jose Antonio(National Academy of Sciences, 2012-08-21)
[EN] Viroids are a unique class of noncoding RNAs: composed of only a circular, single-stranded molecule of 246-401 nt, they manage to replicate, move, circumvent host defenses, and frequently induce disease in higher ...