title: Molecular identification of a novel G1 VP7 gene carried by a human rotavirus with a super-short RNA pattern.
abstract: AU19 is a human rotavirus strain carrying a G1P2C[6] specificity and a super-short RNA pattern. Neutralization assay revealed an asymmetric cross neutralization between AU19 and Wa, a representative G1 rotavirus strain, and it is noteworthy that AU19 was neutralized poorly by anti-Wa hyper-immune serum. In the phylogenetic tree the VP7 gene of AU19 formed a lineage different from the established lineages of known human G1 rotaviruses. A signature code MFTKLLTAA was noted for AU19 lineage. These results provide evidences that the VP7 gene of AU19 represents a novel G1 lineage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
authors.forename: Kamruddin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Toyoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus