RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hiraguri, Akihiro A1 Ueki, Shoko A1 Kondo, Hideki A1 Nomiyama, Koji A1 Shimizu, Takumi A1 Ichiki-Uehara, Tamaki A1 Omura, Toshihiro A1 Sasaki, Nobumitsu A1 Nyunoya, Hiroshi A1 Sasaya, TakahideYR 2013 T1 Identification of a movement protein of Mirafiori lettuce big-vein ophiovirus JF Journal of General Virology, VO 94 IS 5 SP 1145 OP 1150 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.050005-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus (MiLBVV) is a member of the genus Ophiovirus, which is a segmented negative-stranded RNA virus. In microprojectile bombardment experiments to identify a movement protein (MP) gene of ophioviruses that can trans-complement intercellular movement of an MP-deficient heterologous virus, a plasmid containing an infectious clone of a tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) derivative expressing the GFP was co-bombarded with plasmids containing one of three genes from MiLBVV RNAs 1, 2 and 4 onto Nicotiana benthamiana. Intercellular movement of the movement-defective ToMV was restored by co-expression of the 55 kDa protein gene, but not with the two other genes. Transient expression in epidermal cells of N. benthamiana and onion showed that the 55 kDa protein with GFP was localized on the plasmodesmata. The 55 kDa protein encoded in the MiLBVV RNA2 can function as an MP of the virus. This report is the first to describe an ophiovirus MP., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.050005-0