Abstract
The VP7 and VP4 genes of a group A rotavirus (Lp14) isolated from a lamb with diarrhea in Qinhai province, China, in 1981 were reverse transcribed, amplified by PCR, cloned, and sequenced. The virus was found to possess a VP7 gene, classifying it as a G10 type, and a VP4 gene which showed only limited homology with any other known VP4 gene, suggesting its classification as a new P type and providing further evidence for the vast diversity of group A rotaviruses.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 497-500 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Virology |
| Volume | 197 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 1993 |
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Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Capsid/genetics
- Capsid Proteins
- Diarrhea/microbiology
- Genes, Viral
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Rotavirus/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases/microbiology
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Shen, S., Burke, B., & Desselberger, U. (1993). Nucleotide sequences of the VP4 and VP7 genes of a Chinese lamb rotavirus: evidence for a new P type in a G10 type virus. Virology, 197(1), 497-500. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1993.1620