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Molecular evolution of kobuviruses in cats.
Archives of virology - 1 Feb 2015
Cho Yoon-Young, Lim Seong-In, Kim Yong Kwan, Song Jae-Young, Lee Joong-Bok, An Dong-Jun
Abstract excerpt
Aichi virus, a causative agent of human gastroenteritis, is one of a number of animal viruses belonging to the genus Kobuvirus within the family Picornaviridae. The kobuvirus genome encodes several structural and nonstructural proteins; the capsid proteins encoded by the VP1 gene are key immunogenic factors. Here, we used the VP1 region to determine substitution rates and the time to the most recent common...
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