title: Nucleotide sequence of the protein E gene of the tick-borne encephalitis virus strain 595 isolated in Slovakia.
abstract: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus, strain 595 was isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks in southern Slovakia. A part of the protein E gene was sequenced and compared with the prototype strain Neudorfl. Seventeen silent mutations and two amino acid changes (Ile-->Val, residue 167; Asn-->Thr, residue 366) were found. The nucleotide homology in the sequenced part of protein E gene of the strain 595 and the prototype strain Neudorfl is 98.6%. These findings indicate that the strain 595 is closely related to the strain Neudorfl.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaluzová
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaluz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozuch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pastorek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labuda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018154:Slovakia; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C065696:glycoprotein E, Flavivirus