Open AccessFull Genome Sequence of the Western Reserve Strain of Vaccinia Virus Determined by Third-Generation Sequencing
Author(s) -
István Prazsák,
Dóra Tombácz,
Attila Szűcs,
Béla Dénes,
M Snyder,
Zsolt Boldogkői
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.01570-17
Subject(s) - biology , strain (injury) , vaccinia , whole genome sequencing , virology , dna sequencing , virus , genome , genetics , sequence (biology) , gene , anatomy , recombinant dna
The vaccinia virus is a large, complex virus belonging to the Poxviridae family. Here, we report the complete, annotated genome sequence of the neurovirulent Western Reserve laboratory strain of this virus, which was sequenced on the Pacific Biosciences RS II and Oxford Nanopore MinION platforms.
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