Avipoxvirus phylogenetics: Identification of a PCR length polymorphism that discriminates between the two major clades

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2191-2201

  Jarmin, Susan ^a,c   Manvell, Ruth ^b   Gough, Richard E ^b   Laidlaw, Stephen M ^a,c   Skinner, Michael A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANARYPOX VIRUS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEONPOX VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSITTACINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPARROWPOX VIRUS; TURKEYPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIPOXVIRUS; CANARYPOX VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GENE ORDER; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; CANARYPOX VIRUS; FOWLPOX VIRUS; PIGEONPOX VIRUS; PSITTACIFORMES; TURKEYPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 33746862212     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81738-0     Document Type: Article

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