Divergent bornaviruses from Australian carpet pythons with neurological disease date the origin of extant Bornaviridae prior to the end-Cretaceous extinction.
Tissue samples from Australian carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) with neurological disease were screened for viruses using next-generation sequencing. Coding complete genomes of two bornaviruses were identified with the gene order 3'-N-X-P-G-M-L, representing a transposition of the G and M genes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5834213?pdf=render |