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Rafivirus C seqs

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Rafivirus C
  The species Rafivirus C contains rhimavirus which was found in cane toads in Australia (Russo et al., 2018). Unlike other rafiviruses, this virus appears to lack a leader polypeptide.

Genome organisation:

VPg+5'UTR[1AB-1C-1D/2A-2B-2C/3A-3BVPg-3Cpro-3Dpol]3'UTR-poly(A)

References

Russo AG, Eden JS, Enosi Tuipulotu D, Shi M, Selechnik D, Shine R, Rollins LA, Holmes EC, White PA. Viral discovery in the invasive Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina) using metatranscriptomic and genomic approaches. J Virol. 2018 Jun 13. pii: JVI.00768-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00768-18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29899109.

 

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