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Journal of General Virology

Volume 92, Issue 3

Complete nucleotide sequence and evolutionary analysis of a Gorilla foamy virus Free

Abstract

To shed light on primate foamy virus (FV) evolution, we determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the gorilla simian foamy virus (SFVgor). Starting from a conserved region in the integrase (IN) domain of the gene we cloned the viral genome to the 5′ and 3′ LTR into plasmid vectors and elucidated its nucleotide sequence. The sequences of both LTRs were determined by nucleotide sequencing of separate PCR products from the primer-binding site or the region and LTRs. All protein motifs conserved among the primate FV were identified in SFVgor. Using phylogenetic analysis of the Gag, Pol and Env amino acid sequences, we demonstrate that SFVgor consistently clusters in accordance with a scenario of virus–host co-divergence.

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vol. , part 3, pp. 582 - 586

Overview of the length (nt) of LTR and ORF nucleotide sequences

Amino acid similarities (in per cent) of SFVgor with different FV

Nucleotide similarities (in per cent) of SFVgor with different FV

Relative divergence times for host and viral phylogenies [Single PDF file](113 KB)

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