title: Nucleotide sequences of the VP4 and VP7 genes of a Chinese lamb rotavirus: evidence for a new P type in a G10 type virus.
abstract: The VP7 and VP4 genes of a group A rotavirus (Lp14) isolated from a lamb with diarrhea in Qinhai province, China, in 1981 were reverse transcribed, amplified by PCR, cloned, and sequenced. The virus was found to possess a VP7 gene, classifying it as a G10 type, and a VP4 gene which showed only limited homology with any other known VP4 gene, suggesting its classification as a new P type and providing further evidence for the vast diversity of group A rotaviruses.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Desselberger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; C060339:VP4 protein, Rotavirus; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus