title: Comparison of the full-length genome sequence of avian metapneumovirus subtype C with other paramyxoviruses.
abstract: We determined the nucleotide (nt) sequence of the small hydrophobic (SH), attachment glycoprotein (G), and RNA polymerase (L) genes, plus the leader and trailer regions of the Colorado strain of Avian metapneumovirus subtype C (aMPV/C) in order to complete the genome sequencing. The complete genome comprised of 13,134 nucleotides, with a 40 nt leader at its 3' end and a 45 nt trailer at its 5' end. The aMPV/C L gene was the largest with 6173 nt and consisting of a single open reading frame encoding a 2005 amino acids (aa) protein. Comparison of the aMPV/C SH, G, and L nt and predicted aa sequences with those of Human metapneumoviruses (hMPV) revealed higher nt and aa sequence identities than the sequence identities between the aMPV subtypes A, B, C, and D, supporting earlier finding that aMPV/C was closer evolutionary to hMPV than the other aMPV subtypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1971 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
authors.forename: Humphrey C M
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lwamba
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Qingzhong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halvorson
authors.forename: M Kariuki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Njenga
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Seal
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010252:Paramyxoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins