title: Sequence analysis of the VP6 gene in group A turkey and chicken rotaviruses.
abstract: cDNAs corresponding to the VP6 gene of the turkey rotavirus strains Ty-1 and Ty-3, and the chicken rotavirus strain Ch-1, were cloned and sequenced. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence homology in the coding region of the VP6 gene in avian rotaviruses ranged from 78.1 to 93.9% and 86.1 to 98.7%, respectively. Both sequences of VP6 from avian rotaviruses exhibited a low degree of sequence homology (67.8-70.7% and 69.8-74.6%, respectively) compared with mammalian rotaviruses. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that all avian rotaviruses were included in a single cluster and have separated early or from mammalian rotaviruses during evolution. The chicken rotavirus strain Ch-1 was a distant relative of other avian rotaviruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hiraga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002645:Chickens; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; C061332:VP6 protein, Rotavirus