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Phylogenetic Studies Of The United States Bluetongue Viruses And Characterization Of The Viral Vp4 Protein, I-Jen Huang
Phylogenetic Studies Of The United States Bluetongue Viruses And Characterization Of The Viral Vp4 Protein, I-Jen Huang
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is transmitted by arthropod vectors and causes bluetongue disease with serious economic loss in many regions of the world. The replication mechanism of bluetongue virus is still not clear. To have a better understanding regarding the viral replication, the function of each individual protein has to be identified. This study used molecular biology techniques to investigate the function of the inner core protein VP4.
The M1 genes of United States bluetongue virus serotypes-2, -10, -11, -13, and -17 were cloned and sequenced. The length of each of the five M1 genes is 1981 nucleotides. The coding region …