RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sakamoto, Minoru A1 Akahane, Yoshihiro A1 Tsuda, Fumio A1 Tanaka, Takeshi A1 Woodfield, D. Graeme A1 Okamoto, HiroakiYR 1994 T1 Entire nucleotide sequence and characterization of a hepatitis C virus of genotype V/3a JF Journal of General Virology, VO 75 IS 7 SP 1761 OP 1768 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-75-7-1761 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB The entire nucleotide sequence of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome (NZL1) of genotype V/3a was determined from overlapping cDNA clones obtained from a human carrier in New Zealand. It comprised 9425 nucleotides (nt) including a 5-untranslated region of 339 nt, a single large open reading frame encoding a polyprotein of 3021 amino acids, a 3′-untranslated region of 23 nt, and 3 -terminal poly(U) stretches of variable lengths. The NZL1 genome was compared with 15 HCV isolates of other genotypes for which the full- length sequence has been determined. It differed from them by 31·1 to 34·3% in nucleotide sequence identity and by 24·5 to 29·1% in amino acid sequence identity, confirming the distinction of genotype V/3a from the other isolates. The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are deposited in the DDBJ/GenBank/EMBL Data Libraries under the accession no. D17763., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-75-7-1761