Plant Pathology Department
Date of this Version
12-1991
Abstract
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHLORELLA SPECIES
General Properties of Chlorella Species
Symbiotic Chlorella Species
Chlorella Strains NC64A, Nla, Pbi, and SAG-241-80
DISCOVERY OF CHLORELLA VIRUSES
Initial Observations
Development of a Culturable System for PBCV-1
PROPERTIES OF CHLORELLA VIRUSES
General Characteristics of PBCV-1
Composition of PBCV-1
PBCV-1 Genome
Serology of PBCV-1
Additional Chlorella Strain NC64A Viruses
Viruses Infecting Chlorella Strain Pbi
REPLICATION OF PBCV-1
Attachment of PBCV-1 to Chlorella Strain NC64A
Intracellular Site of PBCV-1 Replication
Effect of PBCV-1 Infection on Host DNA, RNA, and Protein Syntheses
TRANSCRIPTION OF PBCV-1
VIRUSES ENCODE DNA METHYLTRANSFERASES AND DNA SITE-SPECIFIC (RESTRICTION) ENDONUCLEASES
PBCV-1 DNA Methyltransferases and DNA Site-Specific Endonucleases
Additional Viral DNA Methyltransferases and DNA Site-Specffic Endonucleases
SEQUENCE OF VIRUS-ENCODED DNA METHYLTRANSFERASES
FUNCTION OF VIRUS-ENCODED DNA SITE-SPECIFIC ENDONUCLEASES AND DNA METHYLTRANSFERASES
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHLORELLA VIRUSES
COMPARISON OF CHLORELLA VIRUSES WITH OTHER VIRUSES
PROPERTIES OF VIRUSES OR VLPs OF OTHER ALGAE
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
Comments
Published in MICROBIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, Dec. 1991, p. 586-620 Vol. 55, No. 4 0146-0749/91/040586-35$02.00/0 Copyright © 1991, American Society for Microbiology. Used by permission.