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Complete Genome Sequence of the English Isolate of Rat Cytomegalovirus (Murid Herpesvirus 8) |
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| Authors: | Jakob Ettinger Henriette Geyer Andreas Nitsche Albert Zimmermann Wolfram Brune Gordon R. Sandford Gary S. Hayward Sebastian Voigt |
| Abstract: | The complete genome of the English isolate of rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV-E) was determined. RCMV-E has a 202,946-bp genome with noninverting repeats but without terminal repeats. Thus, it differs significantly in size and genomic arrangement from closely related rodent cytomegaloviruses (CMVs). To account for the differences between the rat CMV isolates of Maastricht and England, RCMV-E was classified as Murid herpesvirus 8 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. |
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