ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Pseudoviridae. (2nd March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Llorens, Carlos; Soriano, Beatriz; Krupovic, Mart
• Is Part Of: Journal of general virology. Volume 102:Number 3(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-03-02
• Subjects: Pseudoviridae -- ICTV Report -- taxonomy; Virology -- Periodicals; Viruses; Microbiology; Virology; Virologie -- Périodiques; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Virology; Virologie; Virologie; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; 579.2
• DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001563
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1317

Abstract

Abstract : Pseudoviridae is a family of reverse-transcribing viruses with long terminal repeats (LTRs) belonging to the order Ortervirales . Pseudoviruses are commonly found integrated in the genomes of diverse plants, fungi and animals and are broadly known as Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons. Inside the cell, they form icosahedral virus particles, but unlike most other viruses, do not have an extracellular phase. This is a summary of the ICTV Report on the family Pseudoviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/pseudoviridae .