Genome of Horsepox Virus
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Genome of horsepox virus.
Here we present the genomic sequence of horsepox virus (HSPV) isolate MNR-76, an orthopoxvirus (OPV) isolated in 1976 from diseased Mongolian horses. The 212-kbp genome contained 7.5-kbp inverted terminal repeats and lacked extensive terminal tandem repetition. HSPV contained 236 open reading frames (ORFs) with similarity to those in other OPVs, with those in the central 100-kbp region most con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00945-06