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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees
Journal of General Virology, Volume 91, No. 1, Year 2010
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Description
Viral particles in stool samples from wild-living chimpanzees were analysed using random PCR amplification and sequencing. Sequences encoding proteins distantly related to the replicase protein of single-stranded circular DNA viruses were identified. Inverse PCR was used to amplify and sequence multiple small circular DNA viral genomes. The viral genomes were related in size and genome organization to vertebrate circoviruses and plant geminiviruses but with a different location for the stem-loop structure involved in rolling circle DNA replication. The replicase genes of these viruses were most closely related to those of the much smaller (∼1 kb) plant nanovirus circular DNA chromosomes. Because the viruses have characteristics of both animal and plant viruses, we named them chimpanzee stool-associated circular viruses (ChiSCV). Further metagenomic studies of animal samples will greatly increase our knowledge of viral diversity and evolution. © 2010 SGM.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Blinkova, Olga
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Victoria, Joseph
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Li, Yingying
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Keele, Brandon F.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sanz, Crickette M.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Ndjango, Jean Bosco N.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kisangani
Université de Kisangani
Peeters, Martine F.
France, Montpellier
Recherches Translationnelles Sur le Vih et Les Maladies Infectieuses
Travis, Dominic A.
Unknown Affiliation
Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V.
United States, Chicago
Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes
Wilson, Michael L.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Pusey, Anne E.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Hahn, Beatrice H.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Delwart, E. L.
United States, San Francisco
Ucsf School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 111
Authors: 13
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/vir.0.015446-0
ISSN:
00221317
e-ISSN:
14652099
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics