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The genomes of three North American orthopoxviruses.
Virus genes - 1 Feb 2017
Smithson Chad, Tang Nick, Sammons Scott, Frace Mike, Batra Dhwani, Li Yu, Emerson Ginny L, Carroll Darin S, Upton Chris
Abstract excerpt
The complete genomes of a skunkpox, volepox, and raccoonpox virus were sequenced and annotated. Phylogenetic analysis of these genomes indicates that although these viruses are all orthopoxviruses, they form a distinct clade to the other known species. This supports the ancient divergence of the North American orthopoxviruses from other members of the orthopoxviruses. Only two open reading frames appear to be...
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