Characterization of two divergent lineages of macaque rhadinoviruses related to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
Characterization of two divergent lineages of macaque rhadinoviruses related to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.74.10.4919-4928.2000
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发表时间:
2000-05-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Rose, TM
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作者:
Schultz, ER;Rankin, GW;Rose, TM
We have cloned and characterized the entire DNA polymerase gene and flanking regions from Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and two closely related macaque homologs of KSHV, retroperitoneal fibromatosis-associated herpesvirus-Macaca nemestrina (RFHVMn) and -Macaca mulatta (RFHVMm). We have also identified and partially characterized the corresponding genomic region of another KSHV-like herpesvirus, provisionally named "M. nemestrina rhadinovirus type 2 (MneRV-2)," with close similarity to rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV). A sequence comparison of these four macaque viruses and two KSHV-like gammaherpesviruses recently identified in African green monkeys, Chlorocebus rhadinovirus types 1 and 2 (ChRV-1 and ChRV-2) reveals the presence of two distinct lineages of KSHV-like rhadinoviruses in Old World primates. The first rhadinovirus lineage consists of KSHV and its closely related homologs RFHVMn, RFHVMm, and ChRV-1, while the second more distantly related lineage consists of RRV, MneRV-2, and ChRV-2, Our findings raise the possibility of the existence of another human KSHV-like herpesvirus belonging to the second rhadinovirus lineage.