NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE AND CODING STRATEGY OF THE UUKUNIEMI VIRUS-L RNA SEGMENT

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ELLIOTT, RM [1 ]
DUNN, E [1 ]
SIMONS, JF [1 ]
PETTERSSON, RF [1 ]
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[1] LUDWIG INST CANC RES, STOCKHOLM BRANCH, S-10401 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
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10.1099/0022-1317-73-7-1745
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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The complete nucleotide sequence of the L RNA segment of Uukuniemi virus has been determined from cloned cDNA. The L RNA is 6423 nucleotides in length, and is of negative polarity. The viral-complementary RNA contains a single large open reading frame of 2104 codons which corresponds to the L protein (M(r) 241039). Comparison with the L protein sequences of other members of the Bunyaviridae showed homology with the Rift Valley fever phlebovirus L protein (38% amino acid identity), but no detectable similarity with bunyavirus, hantavirus or tospovirus L proteins. These data lend further support for the recent reclassification of uukuviruses and phleboviruses into the same genus, Phlebovirus, in the family Bunyaviridae. The L RNA sequence completes the determination of the Uukuniemi virus genome: since the M RNA segment is 3229 and the S RNA segment 1720 nucleotides, the whole genome comprises 11 372 nucleotides.
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