PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SEGMENT-10 FROM AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS AND COGNATE GENES FROM OTHER ORBIVIRUSES

Authors
DESA RO ZELLNER M GRUBMAN MJ
Citation
Ro. Desa et al., PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SEGMENT-10 FROM AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS AND COGNATE GENES FROM OTHER ORBIVIRUSES, Virus research, 33(2), 1994, pp. 157-165
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Virology
Journal title
Virus research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01681702
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
157 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-1702(1994)33:2<157:PAOSFA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Utilizing the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure, we have synthesized full-length copies of segment 10 from African horsesickness virus (AHSV) serotypes 1, 4 and 8. The genes wer e cloned, sequenced and compared with the sequence of the cognate gene from AHSV serotypes 3 and 9. Sequences were analyzed to assess evolut ionary relationships among serotypes using cladistics. Based on this a nalysis the data support a close relationship between serotypes 4 and 9 and between serotypes 1 and 8 and a closer relationship of serotype 3 to the 4 and 9 group.