Evidence of the recombinant origin of a bat Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-like coronavirus and its implications on the direct ancestor of SARS coronavirus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1819-1826

  Hon, Chung Chau ^a   Lam, Tsan Yuk ^a   Shi, Zheng Li ^b   Drummond, Alexei J ^c   Yip, Chi Wai ^a   Zeng, Fanya ^a   Lam, Pui Yi ^a   Leung, Frederick Chi Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BAT; BAYES THEOREM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SARS VIRUS;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 38849104932     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01926-07     Document Type: Article

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