title: Nucleotide sequence analysis of the L gene of vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype): identification of conserved domains in L proteins of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses.
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the L gene of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), New Jersey serotype (Ogden strain) by primer extension dideoxy sequencing of the genomic RNA with reverse transcriptase. This analysis completes the entire genomic sequence of the VSVNJ (Ogden). Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of this L protein with those reported for L proteins of Indiana serotype and Hazelhurst strain of New Jersey serotype revealed an extensive sequence similarity among all three proteins. The comparison was further extended to the L proteins of other nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses, namely the rabies virus and four members of the paramyxovirus family: measles, Newcastle disease, human parainfluenza 3, and Sendai viruses. Our findings confirmed the existence of conserved as well as unique domains in the L proteins, suggesting an evolutionary relationship among these viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barik
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Rud
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014721:Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / Q000235:genetics*; D018116:Vesiculovirus; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; C040530:L protein, vesicular stomatitis virus; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase