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ArticleVeterinary microbiology2010

Herpesvirus systematics.

Andrew J Davison

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Article in Veterinary microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 162 papers.

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162 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Andrew J DavisonMRC Virology Unit, Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR, UK. a.davison@mrcvu.gla.ac.uk

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U130184136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper is about the taxonomy and genomics of herpesviruses. Each theme is presented as a digest of current information flanked by commentaries on past activities and future directions. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses recently instituted a major update of herpesvirus classification. The former family Herpesviridae was elevated to a new order, the Herpesvirales, which now accommodates 3 families, 3 subfamilies, 17 genera and 90 species. Future developments will include revisiting the herpesvirus species definition and the criteria used for taxonomic assignment, particularly in regard to the possibilities of classifying the large number of herpesviruses detected only as DNA sequences by polymerase chain reaction. Nucleotide sequence accessions in primary databases, such as GenBank, consist of the sequences plus annotations of the genetic features. The quality of these accessions is important because they provide a knowledge base that is used widely by the research community. However, updating the accessions to take account of improved knowledge is essentially reserved to the original depositors, and this activity is rarely undertaken. Thus, the primary databases are likely to become antiquated. In contrast, secondary databases are open to curation by experts other than the original depositors, thus increasing the likelihood that they will remain up to date. One of the most promising secondary databases is RefSeq, which aims to furnish the best available annotations for complete genome sequences. Progress in regard to improving the RefSeq herpesvirus accessions is discussed, and insights into particular aspects of herpesvirus genomics arising from this work are reported.

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Amino Acid SequenceBase SequenceDatabases, GeneticHerpesviridaeMolecular Sequence DataSequence AlignmentViral ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMID20346601
PMCPMC2995426

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