TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic 3′ terminal sequence comparison of three isolates of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus
AU - Milton, I. D.
AU - Vlasak, R.
AU - Nowotny, N.
AU - Rodak, L.
AU - Carter, M. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
1.D.M. is supported by the Wellcome Trust.
PY - 1992/5/15
Y1 - 1992/5/15
N2 - Comparison of sequence data is necessary in older to investigate virus origins, identify features common to virulent strains, and characterize genomic organization within virus families. A virulent caliciviral disease of rabbits recently emerged in China. We have sequenced 1100 bases from the 3′ ends of two independent European isolates of this virus, and compared these with previously determined calicivirus sequences. Rabbit caliciviruses were closely related, despite the different countries in which isolation was made. This supports the rapid spread of a new virus across Europe. The capsid protein sequences of these rabbit viruses differ markedly from those determined for feline calicivirus, but a hypothetical 3′ open reading frame is relatively well conserved between the caliciviruses of these two different hosts and argues for a functional role.
AB - Comparison of sequence data is necessary in older to investigate virus origins, identify features common to virulent strains, and characterize genomic organization within virus families. A virulent caliciviral disease of rabbits recently emerged in China. We have sequenced 1100 bases from the 3′ ends of two independent European isolates of this virus, and compared these with previously determined calicivirus sequences. Rabbit caliciviruses were closely related, despite the different countries in which isolation was made. This supports the rapid spread of a new virus across Europe. The capsid protein sequences of these rabbit viruses differ markedly from those determined for feline calicivirus, but a hypothetical 3′ open reading frame is relatively well conserved between the caliciviruses of these two different hosts and argues for a functional role.
KW - Nucleotide sequence comparison
KW - Rabbit calicivirus
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90486-8
DO - 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90486-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 1497750
AN - SCOPUS:0026566194
SN - 0378-1097
VL - 93
SP - 37
EP - 42
JO - FEMS Microbiology Letters
JF - FEMS Microbiology Letters
IS - 1
ER -