Gauthier, L; Cornman, S; Hartmann, U; Cousserans, F; Evans, J; de Miranda, J; Neumann, Peter (2015). The Apis mellifera filamentous virus genome. Viruses, 7(7), pp. 3798-3815. Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI 10.3390/v7072798
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A complete reference genome of the Apis mellifera Filamentous virus (AmFV) was determined using Illumina Hiseq sequencing. The AmFV genome is a double stranded DNA molecule of approximately 498,500 nucleotides with a GC content of 50.8%. It encompasses 247 non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs), equally distributed on both strands, which cover 65% of the genome. While most of the ORFs lacked threshold sequence alignments to reference protein databases, twenty-eight were found to display significant homologies with proteins present in other large double stranded DNA viruses. Remarkably, 13 ORFs had strong similarity with typical baculovirus domains such as PIFs (per os infectivity factor genes: pif-1, pif-2, pif-3 and p74) and BRO (Baculovirus Repeated Open Reading Frame). The putative AmFV DNA polymerase is of type B, but is only distantly related to those of the baculoviruses. The ORFs encoding proteins involved in nucleotide metabolism had the highest percent identity to viral proteins in GenBank. Other notable features include the presence of several collagen-like, chitin-binding, kinesin and pacifastin domains. Due to the large size of the AmFV genome and the inconsistent affiliation with other large double stranded DNA virus families infecting invertebrates, AmFV may belong to a new virus family.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Bee Health |
UniBE Contributor: |
Neumann, Peter (B) |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) 600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
1999-4915 |
Publisher: |
Molecular Diversity Preservation International MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Gina Retschnig |
Date Deposited: |
24 May 2016 11:40 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/v7072798 |
PubMed ID: |
26184284 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.82558 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82558 |
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