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ArticleVirology2015

Sequence variation of koala retrovirus transmembrane protein p15E among koalas from different geographic regions.

Yasuko Ishida, Chelsea McCallister, Nikolas Nikolaidis, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Kristofer M Helgen, Alex D Greenwood, Alfred L Roca

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Article in Virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Vaccination against the Koala Retrovirus (KoRV): Problems and Strategies.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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  2. Toll-Like Receptor Expression Profiles in Koala (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021
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7 authors.

Yasuko IshidaDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: yishida@illinois.edu.
Chelsea McCallisterDepartment of Biological Science and Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA. Electronic address: chelseam@csu.fullerton.edu.
Nikolas NikolaidisDepartment of Biological Science and Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA. Electronic address: nnikolaidis@exchange.fullerton.edu.
Kyriakos TsangarasLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: ktsangaras@gmail.com.
Kristofer M HelgenNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 108, Washington, DC 20013, USA. Electronic address: helgenk@si.edu.
Alex D GreenwoodLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: greenwood@izw-berlin.de.
Alfred L RocaDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1207 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Electronic address: roca@illinois.edu.

Funding

A singular opportunity to determine the evolutionary genetics of retroviral invasR01GM092706 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI ROCA, ALFRED LUIS · 2011 to 2013
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092706NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM092706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The koala retrovirus (KoRV), which is transitioning from an exogenous to an endogenous form, has been associated with high mortality in koalas. For other retroviruses, the envelope protein p15E has been considered a candidate for vaccine development. We therefore examined proviral sequence variation of KoRV p15E in a captive Queensland and three wild southern Australian koalas. We generated 163 sequences with intact open reading frames, which grouped into 39 distinct haplotypes. Sixteen distinct haplotypes comprising 139 of the sequences (85%) coded for the same polypeptide. Among the remaining 23 haplotypes, 22 were detected only once among the sequences, and each had 1 or 2 non-synonymous differences from the majority sequence. Several analyses suggested that p15E was under purifying selection. Important epitopes and domains were highly conserved across the p15E sequences and in previously reported exogenous KoRVs. Overall, these results support the potential use of p15E for KoRV vaccine development.

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PhascolarctidaeAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAustraliaModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationRetroviridaeRetroviridae InfectionsViral ProteinsViral ProteinsEndogenous retrovirusesEpitopesKoRVPhascolarctos cinereusVaccines

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PMID25462343
PMCPMC4378583

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