Positive selection and intrinsic disorder are associated with multifunctional C4(AC4) proteins and geminivirus diversification

Abstract Viruses within the Geminiviridae family cause extensive agricultural losses. Members of four genera of geminiviruses contain a C4 gene (AC4 in geminiviruses with bipartite genomes). C4(AC4) genes are entirely overprinted on the C1(AC1) genes, which encode the replication-associated proteins...

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Main Authors: Carl Michael Deom, Marin Talbot Brewer, Paul M. Severns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90557-0