Detection of positive selection in the major capsid protein VP60 of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV)

Virus Research

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Esteves, P J ^a,b   Abrantes, J ^a,c,d   Carneiro, M ^a,c   Muller A ^c   Thompson, G ^c   van der Loo, W ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

European rabbit; Major capsid protein VP60; Positive selection; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN VP60; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LAGOVIRUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; RABBIT; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CODON; GLYCOSYLATION; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CALICIVIRIDAE; MIRIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 53749104079     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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