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New genes on the block: additional open reading frames in the genomes of geminiviruses

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In their DNA genomes, the devastating plant-infecting geminiviruses contain partially overlapping genes which encode multifunctional proteins. For decades, geminiviral genomes were believed to contain four to eight open-reading frames (ORFs); now, a burst of independent works has found evidence for the existence of additional ORFs, revealing that their coding space remains to be fully explored.

Source: Trends in Microbiology

DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2025.05.003

Authors: Huang Tan, Fangfang Li, Xueping Zhou, Rosa Lozano-Durán