title: Complete genome sequence of a novel picobirnavirus, otarine picobirnavirus, discovered in California sea lions.
abstract: We discovered a novel otarine picobirnavirus in fecal samples of California sea lions. Its genome contains a large segment with two open reading frames (ORFs), ORF1 encoding a putative protein of 163 amino acids with unknown function and ORF2 encoding capsid protein, and a small segment with one ORF encoding RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. pcywoo@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Jade L L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: Suk-Wai
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Kwok-Yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012327:RNA Virus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D046070:Sea Lions / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins