Plant Virus Inclusion Bodies

Guidelines for the Identification and Characterization of Plant Viruses

“…Some individual viruses can be distinguished by the inclusions they induce (Edwardson & Christie, 1978;Martelli & Russo, 1977;Maramorosch, 1977). Viruses within nine groups induce distinctive inclusions which are diagnostic for infections at the group level (Table 2) and individual viruses within a group may sometimes produce distinctive effects (Hull et al, 1970;Christie & Edwardson, 1977;Lesemann, 1977, Gill & Chong, 1979Shalla et al, 1980;Hatta & Francki, 1981 a, b).…”

The 5'-terminal region of a tombusvirus genome determines the origin of multivesicular bodies

“…Plant virus replication is normally associated with the intracellular accumulation of vesicles of various sizes containing fibrous material resembling nucleic acids (reviewed by Lesemann, 1988;Martelli & Russo, 1977, 1985Martelli eta]., 1988). In some cases, viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity has been shown to be associated with plant host membranes including vesicular structures (reviewed by De Graaf & Jaspars, 1994).…”

Localization by Immunogold Cytochemistry of Viral Antigen in Sections of Plant Cells Infected with Red Clover Mottle Virus

“…In the cell, RCMV induces cytoplasmic membranous inclusions containing vesicles with fine fibrils presumed to be RNA (Tomenius & Oxelfelt, 1982). The membranous inclusions are characteristic of comoviruses (Martelli & Russo, 1977), and it has been demonstrated for two comoviruses, cowpea mosaic virus and Echtes Ackerbohnenmosaik virus, that replication of the viral genome is likely to be associated with the vesicles in the inclusions (de Zoeten et al, 1974;Hatta & Francki, 1978).…”