TY - JOUR
T1 - Virulence markers in the 5' untranslated region of genotype 2 bovine viral diarrhea virus isolates
AU - Topliff, Christina L.
AU - Kelling, Clayton L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by The Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska; United States Department of Agriculture Animal Health Funds; and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.
PY - 1998/10/10
Y1 - 1998/10/10
N2 - Virulence markers to distinguish high from low virulence bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates have not been previously reported. The objective of this study was to identify virulence markers by evaluating the primary and secondary structures of the 5'-untranslated region of low and high virulence bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates. The nucleotide sequences of the entire 5'-untranslated region mRNA of eight bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates, four of high virulence and four of low virulence, and two genotype 1 reference isolates were determined using a polymerase chain reaction and a 5' Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends System. Two nucleotide substitutions were identified in the internal ribosomal entry site that distinguished the high virulence from the low virulence genotype 2 isolates. The low virulence isolates had a cytosine at position 219, whereas the high virulence isolates had a uracil. At position 278, a uracil or cytosine was found in the low and high virulence groups, respectively. The substituted bases are virulence markers that were used to identify bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates of high virulence.
AB - Virulence markers to distinguish high from low virulence bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates have not been previously reported. The objective of this study was to identify virulence markers by evaluating the primary and secondary structures of the 5'-untranslated region of low and high virulence bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates. The nucleotide sequences of the entire 5'-untranslated region mRNA of eight bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates, four of high virulence and four of low virulence, and two genotype 1 reference isolates were determined using a polymerase chain reaction and a 5' Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends System. Two nucleotide substitutions were identified in the internal ribosomal entry site that distinguished the high virulence from the low virulence genotype 2 isolates. The low virulence isolates had a cytosine at position 219, whereas the high virulence isolates had a uracil. At position 278, a uracil or cytosine was found in the low and high virulence groups, respectively. The substituted bases are virulence markers that were used to identify bovine viral diarrhea virus genotype 2 isolates of high virulence.
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U2 - 10.1006/viro.1998.9350
DO - 10.1006/viro.1998.9350
M3 - Article
C2 - 9770430
AN - SCOPUS:0032505580
VL - 250
SP - 164
EP - 172
JO - Virology
JF - Virology
SN - 0042-6822
IS - 1
ER -