- Pseudoviridae
Taxobox
virus_group = vi
familia = "Pseudoviridae"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Pseudovirus "
"Hemivirus "The "Pseudoviridae" are a family of
virus es, including the following genera:
*Genus "Pseudovirus "; type species: "Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty1 virus "
*Genus "Hemivirus "; type species: "Drosophila melanogaster copia virus "The type species "
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty1 virus", from thegenus "pseudovirus" and the type "species" "Drosophila melanogaster copia virus" from the genus "Hemivirus", both belong to the "Pseudoviridae" family. The "Hemivirus" and "Pseudovirus" constitute the two genera of "Pseudoviridae "."Pseudoviridae" is classified under group VI
RNA Reverse Transcribing Viruses and infectfungal , orinvertebrate . Thegenome of viruses from this family is unsegmented, -RT, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA and is 4200-9700nucleotides long. The genome encodes structural proteins and non-structuralproteins which codes for an RNA-dependentDNA polymerase , replicase, andreverse transcriptase for thereverse transcription step duringreplication .Its genome integrates into the host genome and gets transcribed by host cell
enzymes such aseukaryotic nuclearRNA polymerase II . Genomereplication takes place in the hostcytoplasm , or the nucleus and assembly can occur in the cytoplasm, or in the nucleus.The viralcapsid is unenveloped and looks roughly spherical. The capsid is round with icosahedral symmetry (T=3 and 4), and is alsoisometric to quasi-isometric and has adiameter of 30-50 nm. LTR-retrotransposons are poorly characterized andlipids are not reported"Pseudoviridae" comprises highly divergent members and most "Pseudoviridae" encode Gag and Pol on a singleopen reading frame .External links
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/00.097.htm]
* [http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/ispecies/?q=Pseudoviridae&submit=Go]
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