Sequence of a Second Isolate of Chinese Wheat Mosaic Furovirus

The nucleotide sequences of the two RNAs of an isolate of Chinese wheat mosaic furovirus (CWMV) from Rongcheng, Shandong province, China, where the infected wheat crop developed particularly severe symp- toms, were determined. The two RNAs consisted of 27147 and 3564 nucleotides, and shared 95.5% identity to those of the Yantai CWMV isolate previously described. Di€erences were greatest in the coat protein read- through domain and the 19 kDa cysteine-rich protein (both on RNA2). A CGxxH amino acid sequence motif common to the cysteine-rich proteins of the genera Furovirus, Hordeivirus, Tobravirus and Pecluvirus was detected