Molecular characterization of iridoviruses isolated from sympatric amphibians and fish

Virus Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Mao, Jinghe ^a   Green, D E ^b   Fellers, G ^c   Chinchar, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maryland Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian disease; Amphibian virus; Aquaculture; Fish virus; Inter class infection; Iridovirus; Major capsid protein; Sequence analysis; Viruses infecting ectothermic animals

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

AQUACULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FROG; HUMAN CELL; IRIDOVIRUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TADPOLE; TAXONOMY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CELL LINE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; IRIDOVIRIDAE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CRUSTACEA; FROG VIRUS 3; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IRIDOVIRUS; MIRIDAE; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RANA AURORA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032829164     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00057-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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