Munir Mawassi

TL;DR: The involvement of gene products of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in virion formation was examined and it was found that the chaperone-like protein plus the p61 and both coat proteins were required for efficient virion assembly.

TL;DR: The observed deviation between the large RNA genomes of the two CTV strains is greater than that among different viruses of most other groups, raising the question of how to define the taxonomy of these viruses.

TL;DR: The first Citrus tristeza virus genomes completely sequenced (19.3-kb positive-sense RNA), from four biologically distinct isolates, are unexpectedly divergent in nucleotide sequence (up to 60% divergence).

TL;DR: The minireplicon agroinfection assay was used to identify a new suppressor, a homolog of BYV p21, derived from Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-2, and preliminary data on the suppressor activity of the p10 protein are reported, showing that this protein belongs to a family of Zn-ribbon-containing proteins encoded by filamentous plant RNA viruses from three genera.

TL;DR: To investigate the origin and maintenance of the genotypes in CTV populations, the CTV replicase was tested for its acceptance of divergent sequences by creating chimeric replicons with heterologous termini and examining their ability to replicate.