Chimpanzee stool associated circular virus

Chimpanzee stool associated circular virus
Virus classification
Group: Group II (ssDNA)

Chimpanzee stool associated circular virus is a single stranded DNA virus isolated from chimpanzee stool.[1]

Genome

The genome is ~2.6 kilobases in length and encodes two open reading frames (ORFs). The larger of the ORFs encodes the replicase gene and the other the putative capsid protein. A stem-loop and TATA boxes are present in the non coding parts of the sequence.

Taxonomy

This virus appears to be related to the bovine stool associated circular virus but to no other known group of viruses.

References

  1. Blinkova O, Victoria J, Li Y, Keele BF, Sanz C, Ndjango JB, Peeters M, Travis D, Lonsdorf EV, Wilson ML, Pusey AE, Hahn BH, Delwart EL (2010) Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees. J Gen Virol 91(Pt 1):74-86
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