title: Sequence analysis of pigeon, turkey, and chicken rotavirus VP8* identifies rotavirus 993/83, isolated from calf feces, as a pigeon rotavirus.
abstract: Partial-length gene 4 cDNA encompassing the VP8* portion of VP4 from chicken rotavirus (RV) Ch-1, turkey RV Ty-1 and Ty-3, and pigeon RV PO-13 was sequenced and compared to RV 993/83 isolated from a calf with diarrhea. Ninety-six percent amino acid sequence identity was seen between VP8* from calf RV 993/83 and pigeon RV PO-13, while only 77 to 83% identity was seen in comparison with turkey and chicken RV VP8* sequences. Phylogenetic tree analysis places all avian RV (including calf isolate 993/83) on a branch at the bottom of the VP8* tree. When tested with three neutralizing monoclonal antibodies raised against pigeon RV PO-13, RV 993/83 and Ty-1 share three, Ch-1 shares two, and Ty-3 shares one neutralizing epitope(s) on VP4 with pigeon RV PO-13.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rohwedder
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brüssow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002417:Cattle / Q000821:virology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D008322:Mammals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014422:Turkeys / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins