Open AccessComplete Genome Sequence of the English Isolate of Rat Cytomegalovirus ( Murid Herpesvirus 8 )
Author(s) -
Jakob Ettinger,
Henriette Geyer,
Andreas Nitsche,
Albert Zimmermann,
Wolfram Brune,
Gordon Sandford,
Gary S. Hayward,
Sebastian Voigt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.617
H-Index - 292
eISSN - 1070-6321
pISSN - 0022-538X
DOI - 10.1128/jvi.02614-12
Subject(s) - biology , genome , cytomegalovirus , virology , genetics , gene , repeated sequence , herpesviridae , virus , viral disease
The complete genome of the English isolate of rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV-E) was determined. RCMV-E has a 202,946-bp genome with noninverting repeats but without terminal repeats. Thus, it differs significantly in size and genomic arrangement from closely related rodent cytomegaloviruses (CMVs). To account for the differences between the rat CMV isolates of Maastricht and England, RCMV-E was classified as Murid herpesvirus 8 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
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