A promising antiviral candidate drug for the COVID-19 pandemic: A mini-review of remdesivir

C Liang, L Tian, Y Liu, N Hui, G Qiao, H Li, Z Shi… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Remdesivir (GS-5734), a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) inhibitor
that can be used to treat a variety of RNA virus infections, is expected to be an effective …

Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle

MA Ayllón, EJ Vainio - Advances in virus research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

Analysis of the virome associated to grapevine downy mildew lesions reveals new mycovirus lineages

M Chiapello, J Rodríguez-Romero, MA Ayllón… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The obligatory biotrophic oomycetes Plasmopara viticola is the causal agent of downy
mildew, a destructive disease of grapevine worldwide. So far, chemical fungicides are …

The virome from a collection of endomycorrhizal fungi reveals new viral taxa with unprecedented genome organization

S Sutela, M Forgia, EJ Vainio, M Chiapello… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Mutualistic plant-associated fungi are recognized as important drivers in plant evolution,
diversity, and health. The discovery that mycoviruses can take part and play important roles …

Single mosquito metatranscriptomics identifies vectors, emerging pathogens and reservoirs in one assay

J Batson, G Dudas, E Haas-Stapleton, AL Kistler, LM Li… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Mosquitoes are major infectious disease-carrying vectors. Assessment of current and future
risks associated with the mosquito population requires knowledge of the full repertoire of …

Complexity and local specificity of the virome associated with tospovirus-transmitting thrips species

M Chiapello, L Bosco, M Ciuffo, S Ottati… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips [WFT]) and Thrips tabaci (onion thrips [OT])
are insect species that greatly impact horticultural crops through direct damage and their …

Highly adaptive Phenuiviridae with biomedical importance in multiple fields

MH Sun, YF Ji, GH Li, JW Shao… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The newly established virus family Phenuiviridae in Bunyavirales harbors viruses infecting
three kingdoms of host organisms (animals, plants, and fungi), which is rare in known virus …

Expanding known viral diversity in plants: virome of 161 species alongside an ancient canal

S Yang, Q Mao, Y Wang, J He, J Yang, X Chen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Since viral metagenomic approach was applied to discover plant viruses for the
first time in 2006, many plant viruses had been identified from cultivated and non-cultivated …

Persistence of ambigrammatic narnaviruses requires translation of the reverse open reading frame

H Retallack, KD Popova, MT Laurie… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Narnaviruses are RNA viruses detected in diverse fungi, plants, protists, arthropods, and
nematodes. Though initially described as simple single-gene nonsegmented viruses …

Characterization of a Novel Mitovirus of the Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis Using Genomic and Virus–Host Interaction Signatures

P Fonseca, F Ferreira, F da Silva, LS Oliveira… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hematophagous insects act as the major reservoirs of infectious agents due to their intimate
contact with a large variety of vertebrate hosts. Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of …