[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL POTENTIAL OF AN EGYPTIAN ISOLATE OF SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM MITOVIRUS 1",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Khalifa",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Dessoky",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Sadik",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2022]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "32",
  "issue": "4",
  "page": "1101-1109",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>Several mycoviruses have potential to induce hypovirulence on their fungal pathogens and therefore the interest in mycoviruses has increased in recent years. In the current study, a single double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecule of 2531 nts was detected, sequenced and characterized from an Egyptian isolate (D7) of&nbsp;<em>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</em>&nbsp;fungus. The dsRNA has one open reading frame (ORF), in its positive strand, encoding a protein with conserved motifs characteristic of viral RNA-dependent RNA-polymerases (RdRps). The RdRp encoded by the ORF shares 91.84% identity with that of isolate HC025 of sclerotinia sclerotiorum mitovirus 1 (SsMV1) and consequently it was tentatively named SsMV1-D7. As for previously described mitoviruses, the termini of the (+) strand of SsMV1-D7 RNA could potentially fold into stable secondary structures. Horizontal transmission and virulence experiments showed that SsMV1-D7 is probably responsible for the altered growth and virulence of&nbsp;<em>S. sclerotiorum</em>.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=Biot-20-0065"
}]