Notes
The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is EU259806.
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The financial assistance of the National Research Foundation (NRF) towards this research is hereby acknowledged. Opinions expressed and conclusions arrived at, are those of the authors and are not necessarily to be attributed to the National Research Foundation. The authors thank Prof EP Rybicki for the useful scientific discussions as well as Prof G Pietersen and Mr K Kasdorf for the virus infected grapevine material.
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Maree, H.J., Freeborough, M.J. & Burger, J.T. Complete nucleotide sequence of a South African isolate of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 reveals a 5′UTR of 737 nucleotides. Arch Virol 153, 755–757 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-008-0040-y
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