title: Full-length genome sequence of a simian immunodeficiency virus from a wild-captured sun-tailed monkey in Gabon provides evidence for a species-specific monophyletic SIVsun lineage.
abstract: Since the first characterization of SIVsun (L14 strain) from a sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus) in Gabon in 1999, no further information exists about the evolutionary history and geographic distribution of this lentivirus. Here, we report the full-length molecular characterization of a second SIVsun virus (SIVsunK08) naturally infecting a wild-caught sun-tailed monkey. The SIVsunK08 strain was most closely related to SIVsunL14 and clustered with members of the SIVmnd-1/SIVlhoest group. SIVsunK08 shared identical functional motifs in the LTR, Gag and Env proteins with SIVsunL14. Our data indicate that C. solatus is naturally infected with a monophyletic SIVsun strain.
authors: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier I, France. florian.liegeois@ird.fr
authors: Florian
authors: F
authors: Liégeois
authors: Christelle
authors: C
authors: Butel
authors: Augustin
authors: A
authors: Mouinga-Ondéme
authors: Delphine
authors: D
authors: Verrier
authors: Peggy
authors: P
authors: Motsch
authors: Jean-Paul
authors: JP
authors: Gonzalez
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Peeters
authors: François
authors: F
authors: Rouet
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Onanga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D002521:Cercopithecus / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005681:Gabon; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D054298:Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000821:virology*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D054298:Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins