Title Genomic variation and toxin specificity of ustilago maydis virus isolated in Korea
Author Hwang, Seon Hee · Yie, Se Won *
Address Department of Microbiology, Kangwon National University
Bibliography Korean Journal of Microbiology, 31(3),184-188, 1993
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Key Words Ustilago maydis, dsRNA, killer system, toxin protein
Abstract Novel Ustilagomaydis strains, designated as SH1 to 14 containing new types of ds RNA segments, are identified from corn smut in Korea. Among 14 isolates, 7 isolates appear to posses virus particles and the other isolates may contain dsRNA as a plasmid form. The pattern of dsRNA is highly diverse form a typical P-type containing one or more of H, M, and L dsRNAs to the one containing one or move M dsRNAs. It is likely that the strains containing H dsRNA posses virus particles which were confirmed by sucrose density gradient followed with different range of specificity and the activity of the strain (SH14) is stronger than A4 toxin. The sensitivity of 14 isolates is also very diverse and two strains (SH10, SH11) appear tobe universal sensitve strains against 5 tested toxin samples.
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