The genome sequence of the emerging common midwife toad virus identifies an evolutionary intermediate within ranaviruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3617-3625

  Mavian, Carla ^a   López Bueno, Alberto ^a   Balseiro, Ana ^b   Casais, Rosa ^b   Alcamí, Antonio ^a   Alejo, Alí ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Desarrollo Agroalimentario   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMON MIDWIFE TOAD VIRUS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTENT ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; IRIDOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANAVIRUS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 84861326288     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.07108-11     Document Type: Article

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