title: Nucleotide sequence of a 3.5 kilobase fragment of malignant catarrhal fever virus strain WC11.
abstract: A 3.5 kilobase DNA fragment of the malignant catarrhal fever virus (MCFV), strain WC11, was mapped with a number of restriction enzymes, subcloned and sequenced. The fragment was subcloned into plasmid vector, pUC19, for direct sequencing. A complete open reading frame of 2,058 base pairs and a partial open reading frame of 630 base pairs were identified. The sequence of 3,389 nucleotides was compared to other herpesviruses. A 310 base pairs sequence in gene A was 57% homologous to a sequence in reading frame BXLF1 of Epstein-Barr virus strain B95-8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics; D008304:Malignant Catarrh / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral