Mastrevirus
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Maize streak virus. Picture taken by Kassie Kasdorf, presently at Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, for the University of Cape Town. | Maize streak virus. Picture taken by Kassie Kasdorf, presently at Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, for the University of Cape Town. Mastrevirus is a genus of ssDNA viruses, in the family Geminiviridae. Mostly monocotyledonous plants serve as natural hosts. They are vectored by planthoppers. There are 55 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: maize streak virus: maize streak disease (MSD
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- KingdomViruses
- PhylumCressdnaviricota
- ClassRepensiviricetes
- OrderGeplafuvirales
- FamilyGeminiviridae
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- Capsid proteins
- Structure
- Life cycle
- Taxonomy
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thumb | right | alt=Maize streak virus. Picture taken by Kassie Kasdorf, presently at Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, for the University of Cape Town. | Maize streak virus. Picture taken by Kassie Kasdorf, presently at Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, for the University of Cape Town. Mastrevirus is a genus of ssDNA viruses, in the family Geminiviridae. Mostly monocotyledonous plants serve as natural hosts. They are vectored by planthoppers. There are 55 species in this genus. Diseases associated with this genus include: maize streak virus: maize streak disease (MSD).
==Capsid proteins== Mastreviruses have an unusually diverse range of capsid proteins among the Geminiviridae. While all other genera have species with essentially identical proteins (and their producing genetic sequences) among themselves, Mastrevirus has seven protein clusters and three species that each constitute their own.