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Isolation of Fidelity Variants of RNA Viruses and Characterization of Virus Mutation Frequency
Published on: June 16, 2011
Complete genome sequences of three strains of coxsackievirus a7
Jani Ylä-Pelto1, Satu Koskinen, Eveliina Karelehto
1Department of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland;
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|April 13, 2013
Abstract:
Genomes of three strains (Parker, USSR, and 275/58) of coxsackievirus A7 (CV-A7) were amplified by the long reverse transcription (RT)-PCR method and sequenced. While the sequences of Parker and USSR were identical, the similarities of 275/58 to the CV-A7 reference sequence, accession no. AY421765, were 82.6% and 96.2% for nucleotides and amino acids, respectively.
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