Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9289478 | Virus Research | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
We determined the nucleotide (nt) sequence of the small hydrophobic (SH), attachment glycoprotein (G), and RNA polymerase (L) genes, plus the leader and trailer regions of the Colorado strain of Avian metapneumovirus subtype C (aMPV/C) in order to complete the genome sequencing. The complete genome comprised of 13,134 nucleotides, with a 40 nt leader at its 3â² end and a 45 nt trailer at its 5â² end. The aMPV/C L gene was the largest with 6173 nt and consisting of a single open reading frame encoding a 2005 amino acids (aa) protein. Comparison of the aMPV/C SH, G, and L nt and predicted aa sequences with those of Human metapneumoviruses (hMPV) revealed higher nt and aa sequence identities than the sequence identities between the aMPV subtypes A, B, C, and D, supporting earlier finding that aMPV/C was closer evolutionary to hMPV than the other aMPV subtypes.
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Authors
Humphrey C. M. Lwamba, Rene Alvarez, Mark G. Wise, Qingzhong Yu, David Halvorson, M. Kariuki Njenga, Bruce S. Seal,