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Open reading frame structure analysis as a novel genotyping tool for hepatitis E virus and the subsequent discovery of an inter-genotype recombinant
Author(s) -
Jun Fan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/vir.0.009431-0
Subject(s) - orfs , genotyping , genbank , biology , genotype , virology , open reading frame , recombinant dna , genetics , phylogenetic tree , strain (injury) , hepatitis e virus , gene , peptide sequence , anatomy
Accurate viral genotyping is important. Here I investigate genotypes in hepatitis E virus (HEV) and find that the open reading frame (ORF) structure (the lengths of three ORFs and the overlapping relationships among the ORFs) can be a good criterion for genotyping HEV. An inter-genotype recombinant (GenBank accession no. DQ450072) was revealed by analysing the ORF structure and confirmed by phylogenetic analyses. This discovery of the inter-genotype recombinant indicates that genotyping in HEV should be based on full-length sequences. The Mexican strain which is currently classified as a genotype 2 strain also exhibited the mosaic sequence pattern, although without statistical support.

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