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ArticleJournal of virology2009

Comparative analysis of complete genome sequences of three avian coronaviruses reveals a novel group 3c coronavirus.

Patrick C Y Woo, Susanna K P Lau, Carol S F Lam, Kenneth K Y Lai, Yi Huang, Paul Lee, Geraldine S M Luk, Kitman C Dyrting, Kwok-Hung Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen

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Article in Journal of virology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers.

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146citing papers in PubMed
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146 citing papers in PubMed, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Patrick C Y WooDepartment of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Susanna K P Lau
Carol S F Lam
Kenneth K Y Lai
Yi Huang
Paul Lee
Geraldine S M Luk
Kitman C Dyrting
Kwok-Hung Chan
Kwok-Yung Yuen
Biology of Infection · FRChinese University of Hong Kong · CNAgriculture Fisheries and Conservation Department · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this territory-wide molecular epidemiology study of coronaviruses (CoVs) in Hong Kong involving 1,541 dead wild birds, three novel CoVs were identified in three different bird families (bulbul CoV HKU11 [BuCoV HKU11], thrush CoV HKU12 [ThCoV HKU12], and munia CoV HKU13 [MuCoV HKU13]). Four complete genomes of the three novel CoVs were sequenced. Their genomes (26,396 to 26,552 bases) represent the smallest known CoV genomes. In phylogenetic trees constructed using chymotrypsin-like protease (3CL(pro)), RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (Pol), helicase, spike, and nucleocapsid proteins, BuCoV HKU11, ThCoV HKU12, and MuCoV HKU13 formed a cluster distantly related to infectious bronchitis virus and turkey CoV (group 3a CoVs). For helicase, spike, and nucleocapsid, they were also clustered with a CoV recently discovered in Asian leopard cats, for which the complete genome sequence was not available. The 3CL(pro), Pol, helicase, and nucleocapsid of the three CoVs possessed higher amino acid identities to those of group 3a CoVs than to those of group 1 and group 2 CoVs. Unique genomic features distinguishing them from other group 3 CoVs include a distinct transcription regulatory sequence and coding potential for small open reading frames. Based on these results, we propose a novel CoV subgroup, group 3c, to describe this distinct subgroup of CoVs under the group 3 CoVs. Avian CoVs are genetically more diverse than previously thought and may be closely related to some newly identified mammalian CoVs. Further studies would be important to delineate whether the Asian leopard cat CoV was a result of interspecies jumping from birds, a situation analogous to that of bat and civet severe acute respiratory syndrome CoVs.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralAnimalsBase SequenceBird DiseasesBirdsCluster AnalysisCoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsHong KongMolecular EpidemiologyMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyRNA, ViralSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Amino AcidRNA, ViralViral Proteins

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PMID18971277
PMCPMC2612373
OpenAlexW1993964516

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