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cycles of 94C (45 sec), 54-58C (60 sec) and 72C (90 sec)
and a final 20 min extension step at 72C. PCR products were
analyzed electrophoretically in 0.8% agarose gels in 0.5TBE
buffer and visualized on a UV-transilluminator by ethidium
bromide staining.
Fig. 1Symptoms of mixed infection of both PRSV and PaLCV
in naturally infected papaya leaf.
Fig. 2Schematic presentation of bipartite (DNA-A & DNA-B)
circular ss DNA(+) genome of PaLCV encoding proteins:
Capsid protein (Coat protein; CP), Transcriptional activator
protein (TrAP; Protein AC2), Replication enhancer protein (REn;
Protein AC3), Protein AC4, Movement protein (BC1) and
Nuclear shuttle protein (NSP).
Fig. 3Schematic presentation of monopartite linear ss
RNA(+) genome of PRSV encoding ten mature proteins.
In order to standardize the duplex PCR, two sets of primers
were mixed in a 50 L reaction mixture containing 10PCR
buffer (5 L), 2 mM DNTPs (4 L), 25 mM MgCl2 (4 L), 100
pmole/L of PaLCV forward and reverse primer (1 L each),
100 pmole/L of PRSV forward and reverse primer (1 L each),
DNA (2 L), cDNA (6 L), Taq (0.6 L). The cDNA was
synthesized using same protocol followed for simplex PCR.
PCR was performed using the following parameters: one cycle
at 94C for 2 min, 35 cycles at 94C for 45 sec, 54-58C for 60
sec and 72C for 90 sec, followed by 72C extension for 20
min to determine the annealing temperature for both the
viruses. PCR products were analyzed electrophoretically in
0.8% agarose gels. Simplex and duplex PCR was
simultaneously carried out for comparison. In the present
investigation, two different sets of primer pairs, designed to
amplify coat protein plus partial AC2 protein coding region of
PaLCV and coat protein plus partial Nib region of PRSV,
successfully produced amplicons of 1.2 and 1.4 kb from the
PaLCV and PRSV infected papaya leaf samples (positive
control), respectively by simplex PCR, while no amplification