GB virus C (GBV-C) evolutionary patterns revealed by analyses of reference genomes, E2 and NS5B sequences amplified from viral strains circulating in the Lisbon area (Portugal)

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-93

  Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Branco, Cristina ^a   Piedade, João ^a   Esteves, Aida ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Evolutionary models; GBV C; Phylogenetic signal; Recombination; Viral genotypes

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTITUTION LINE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C;

EID: 83555178446     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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