Evolution and Variation of the SARS-CoV Genome

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摘要 Knowledgeoftheevolutionofpathogensisofgreatmedicalandbiologicalsignificancetotheprevention,diagnosis,andtherapyofinfectiousdiseases.InordertounderstandtheoriginandevolutionoftheSARS-CoV(severeacuterespiratorysyndrome-associatedcoronavirus),wecollectedcompletegenomesequencesofallvirusesavailableinGenBank,andmadecomparativeanalyseswiththeSARSCoV.GenomicsignatureanalysisdemonstratesthatthecoronavirusesalltaketheTGTTastheirrichesttetranucleotideexcepttheSARS-CoV.Adetailedanalysisoftheforty-twocompleteSARS-CoVgenomesequencesrevealedtheexistenceoftwodistinctgenotypes,andshowedthattheseisolatescouldbeclassifiedintofourgroups.OurmanualanalysisoftheBLASTNresultsdemonstratesthattheHE(hemagglutinin-esterase)geneexistsintheSARS-CoV,andmanymutationsmadeitunfamiliartous.
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出版日期 2003年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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