| Literature DB >> 16525733 |
Sandra Elizabeth Goñi1, Javier Alonso Iserte, Ana Maria Ambrosio, Victor Romanowski, Pablo Daniel Ghiringhelli, Mario Enrique Lozano.
Abstract
Junin virus strain Candid #1 was developed as a live attenuated vaccine for Argentine haemorrhagic fever. In this paper, we report the nucleotide sequences of L RNA of Candid #1 and examine the relationship to its more virulent ancestors Junin virus XJ#44 and XJ 13 (prototype) and other closely and distantly related arenaviruses. Comparisons of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of L and Z genes of Candid #1 and its progenitor strains revealed twelve point mutations in the L polypeptide that are unique to the vaccine strain. These changes could be provisionally associated with the attenuated phenotype. In contrast, Z ORF was completely conserved among all strains.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16525733 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-005-5843-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virus Genes ISSN: 0920-8569 Impact factor: 2.332