Cauliflower Mosaic Virus

Cauliflower mosaic virus

Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) is the type member of the caulimoviruses, one of the six genera in the Caulimoviridae family, pararetroviruses that infect plants (Pringle, 1999). Pararetroviruses replicate through reverse transcription just like retroviruses, but the viral particles contain DNA instead of RNA (Rothnie et al., 1994).

Read more about Cauliflower Mosaic Virus:  Definition, Structure, Genome, Replication, Molecular Mechanisms of CaMV Transmission By Its Vector

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