Notes on Genus: Elaviroid
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Type member: Eggplant latent viroid
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General Description
This is one of three genera of viroids assigned to the family
Avsunviroidae. All members of this family lack a central conserved region (CCR) and have the ability to self-cleave through hammerhead structures. This genus differs from other viroids in the family because its members have a rod-like structure, a high (>50%) G+C content and thermodynamically stable hammerhead ribozymes.
Morphology
Like all viroids, they have no virions and encode no proteins.
Genome
One circular, single stranded molecule of RNA, 330-335 nucleotides long.
Genus Genomic Organization
The RNA is non-coding.
Type Member Genomic Organization
The genome consists of one circular, single stranded molecule of RNA, 330-335 nucleotides long, which is non-coding.