title: Sequence analysis of the genes encoding the phosphoprotein of recent isolates of canine distemper virus in Japan.
abstract: The nucleotide sequences of the phosphoprotein (P) of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains isolated between 1992 and 1996 in Japan were determined. This is the first report of the complete sequences of the P genes of recently prevalent CDV strains. The deduced amino acid sequences of the P, C and V proteins showed that in the new Japanese isolates, these proteins have approximately 93%, 90-91% and 92% identities with those of the Onderstepoort vaccine strain, respectively. The predicted functional regions were conserved. RNA editing resulting in a shift to the open reading frame (ORF) of the V protein was shown to occur with the same efficiency in both the field isolates and vaccine strain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wakasa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwatsuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D004216:Distemper / Q000821:virology*; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004285:Dogs; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012367:RNA, Viral