Origin of the 1918 pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus as studied by codon usage patterns and phylogenetic analysis

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Anhlan, Darisuren ^a   Grundmann, Norbert ^a   Makalowski, Wojciec H ^a   Ludwig, Stephan ^a   Scholtissek, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 pandemic virus; Effective number of codons; Negative strand RNA virus; Phylogenetic relationship; Relative synonymous codon usage; RSCU patterns

Indexed keywords

CODON USAGE; FOWL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PANDEMICS; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SUIDAE;

EID: 78650480681     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2395211     Document Type: Review

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