| characterisation of lettuce virus x, a new potexvirus infecting lettuce in iran. | a virus with flexuous rod-shaped particle morphology was found in samples from lettuce during a survey of viruses infecting lettuce in tehran province in iran. this virus was subjected to a complete analysis of its biological and molecular features. the entire nucleotide sequence of the virus was determined, revealing a polyadenylated ssrna genome consisting of 7,212 nucleotides [without poly (a) tail] and possessing an organization typical for potexviruses. comparative genome analysis showed th ... | 2008 | 18807116 |