Completion of the nucleotide sequence of sunn-hemp mosaic virus: a tobamovirus pathogenic to legumes.

Sunn-hemp mosaic virus (SHMV) is a member of the tobamovirus group of plant viruses. The nucleotide sequence of the 5'-untranslated region, the 129 kD protein gene, and a portion of the 186 kD protein gene of SHMV was determined. The 4,683 nucleotides (nts) reported here completes the sequence of the SHMV genome and complements previous work (Meshi, Ohno, and Okada, Nucleic Acids Res. 10, 6111-6117 [1982]; Mol. Gen. Genet. 184, 20-25 [1981]) to provide the first complete nucleotide sequence for a tobamovirus that is pathogenic to leguminous plants.