title: Complete genome sequence of the english isolate of rat cytomegalovirus (Murid herpesvirus 8).
abstract: The complete genome of the English isolate of rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV-E) was determined. RCMV-E has a 202,946-bp genome with noninverting repeats but without terminal repeats. Thus, it differs significantly in size and genomic arrangement from closely related rodent cytomegaloviruses (CMVs). To account for the differences between the rat CMV isolates of Maastricht and England, RCMV-E was classified as Murid herpesvirus 8 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Viral Infections, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ettinger
authors.forename: Henriette
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitsche
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brune
authors.forename: Gordon R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sandford
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voigt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D051381:Rats