Ascovirus

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name = Ascovirus


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virus_group = i
familia = "Ascoviridae"

The family of Ascovirus virions consist of an envelope, a core, and an internal lipid membrane associated with the inner particle. The virus capsid is enveloped and measures 130 nm in diameter, and 200-240 nm in length. Virions are bacilliform, ovoid, and allantoid.

The genome is not segmented and contains a single molecule of circular double-stranded DNA. The genome has a guanine + cytosine content of 42-60 %.

Ascovirus infects primarily invertebrates [ICTVdB Management (2006). 00.082.0.01. Ascovirus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA] .

Literature

External links

* [http://www.expasy.org/viralzone/all_by_species/139.html Viralzone: Ascoviridae]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_ascov.htm ICTV: Ascoviridae]