Genetic relatedness among structural protein genes of dengue 1 virus strains.
The structural protein-coding genomic regions of dengue virus type 1 (DEN-1) strains representing three distinct topotypes (Thailand, Philippines and Caribbean) were cloned and sequenced. In addition the envelope (E) nucleotide sequences of two recent Caribbean topotype DEN-1 isolates were obtained by direct RNA sequencing. The nucleotide sequence of the DEN-1 viruses in the structural gene region was found to be highly conserved with greater than 95% nucleotide sequence homology and with less than 4% change in the amino acid sequence. Although there was a less than 2% change in the nucleotide sequence of DEN-1 E proteins, strains could be differentiated by the clusters of nucleotide changes. Furthermore, the deduced amino acid changes in the E protein were clustered primarily within the proposed immunologically reactive regions. Genomic nucleotide sequence comparisons did not define geographical or virulence markers but located unique clusters of nucleotide/amino acid changes for each of the three topotypes of DEN-1 viruses examined.
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Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Fort Collins, Colorado 80522.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping; D015347:RNA Probes; D012703:Serotyping; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
D015347:RNA Probes; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins