Virology Journal (Aug 2012)

Confusions in orbivirus protein classification

  • Dilcher Meik,
  • Weidmann Manfred

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422x-9-166
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 166

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Abstract An extensive comparative analysis of orbivirus genomes revealed four cases of unclear numeration and protein designation, due to confused reference to protein size or segment size by which they are encoded. A concise nomenclature based on type species, sequence homology and functional characteristics independent of segment or protein size is suggested.

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