Molecular Analysis of the VP7, VP4, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/6 Genes of a Buffalo Rotavirus Strain: Identification of the Rare P[3] Rhesus Rotavirus-Like VP4 Gene Allele

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5665-5675

  Martella, V ^a   Ciarlet, M ^b   Pratelli, A ^a   Arista, S ^c   Terio, V ^a   Elia, G ^a   Cavalli, A ^a   Gentile, M ^d   Decaro, N ^a   Greco, G ^a   Cafiero, M A ^e   Tempesta, M ^a   Buonavoglia, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DIGESTIVE DISEASES   (Italy)

^e Sezione di Foggia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN NSP4; PROTEIN NSP5; PROTEIN NSP6; PROTEIN VP4; PROTEIN VP6; PROTEIN VP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DIARRHEA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SIMIAN ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BIRDS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENES, VIRAL; HORSES; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BOVINAE; BUBALUS; RHESUS ROTAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS A; SIMIAE; SIMIAN ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 10744231964     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5665-5675.2003     Document Type: Article

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