NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF VARIOLA VIRUS HINDIII-M-GENOME, L-GENOME, I-GENOME FRAGMENTS

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作者
SHCHELKUNOV, SN [1 ]
BLINOV, VM [1 ]
TOTMENIN, AV [1 ]
MARENNIKOVA, SS [1 ]
KOLYKHALOV, AA [1 ]
FROLOV, IV [1 ]
CHIZHIKOV, VE [1 ]
GYTOROV, VV [1 ]
GASHIKOV, PV [1 ]
BELANOV, EF [1 ]
BELAVIN, PA [1 ]
RESENCHUK, SM [1 ]
ANDZHAPARIDZE, OG [1 ]
SANDAKHCHIEV, LS [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD MED SCI RUSSIA,INST VIRAL PREPARAT,MOSCOW 109088,RUSSIA
关键词
ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1016/0168-1702(93)90110-9
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
DNA of the variola major virus strain India-1967 in the region of HindIII M, L, I fragments has been sequenced. Analysis of this sequence of 18029 bp revealed 19 potential open reading frames (ORFs). Four proposed proteins (L2R, H9R, L5L, L6R) contain metal-binding domains. Comparison of the variola virus (VAR) and vaccinia virus strain Copenhagen (COP) sequences show that the main differences are between proteins L1R and I5R. L1R contains 6 additional amino acid residues on the C-terminus. The protein I5R of VAR contains three Ca2+ binding domains but this COP has deletions in 2 of the 3 established domains. Possible functions of the predicted viral polypeptides are discussed.
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