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Identification and characterization of the short variable region of the Japanese encephalitis virus 3' NTR.
Virus genes - 1 Apr 2012
Kato Fumihiro, Kotaki Akira, Yamaguchi Yukie, Shiba Hajime, Hosono Kuniaki, Harada Seiya, Saijo Masayuki, Kurane Ichiro, Takasaki Tomohiko, Tajima Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Since the 1980s, the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) variants with slightly short variable regions (VR) of the 3' non-translated region (NTR) have been found; however, the implications of these short VR remain unclear. We recently identified two novel types of short VR (5 and 9 nt shorter than that of major group of genotype I JEV strains) of genotype I JEV isolates. To elucidate the impact of these short VR on...
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