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SUBMITTER: Tripathi JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355771 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tripathi Jaindra N JN Ntui Valentine O VO Ron Mily M Muiruri Samwel K SK Britt Anne A Tripathi Leena L
Communications biology 20190131
Presence of the integrated endogenous <i>banana streak virus</i> (eBSV) in the B genome of plantain (AAB) is a major challenge for breeding and dissemination of hybrids. As the eBSV activates into infectious viral particles under stress, the progenitor <i>Musa balbisiana</i> and its derivants, having at least one B genome, cannot be used as parents for crop improvement. Here, we report a strategy to inactivate the eBSV by editing the virus sequences. The regenerated genome-edited events of Gonja ...[more]