Genomic analysis of vaccinia virus strain TianTan provides new insights into the evolution and evolutionary relationships between Orthopoxviruses

Virology

Volumn 442, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-66

  Qin, Li ^a   Liang, Min ^b   Evans, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Shanghai IC R and D Center   (China)

Author keywords

Complete genome; Orthopoxviruses; TianTan; Vaccinia epidermal growth factor; Vaccinia virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 84878954937     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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