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Molecular evolution of haemagglutinin (H) gene in measles virus.
Scientific reports - 1 Jul 2015
Kimura Hirokazu, Saitoh Mika, Kobayashi Miho, Ishii Haruyuki, Saraya Takeshi, Kurai Daisuke, Tsukagoshi Hiroyuki, Shirabe Komei, Nishina Atsuyoshi, Kozawa Kunihisa, Kuroda Makoto, Takeuchi Fumihiko, Sekizuka Tsuyoshi, Minakami Hisanori, Ryo Akihide, Takeda Makoto
Abstract excerpt
We studied the molecular evolution of the haemagglutinin (H) gene (full length) in all genotypes (24 genotypes, 297 strains) of measles virus (MeV). The gene's evolutionary timescale was estimated by the Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method. We also analysed positive selection sites. The MCMC tree indicated that the MeV H gene diverged from the rinderpest virus (same genus) about 250 years ago and that...
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