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SUBMITTER: Liu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3416111 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Wei W Pan Shaokun S Yang Huijuan H Bai Weiya W Shen Zhongliang Z Liu Jing J Xie Youhua Y
Journal of virology 20120620 17
In silico screening of metazoan genome data identified multiple endogenous hepadnaviral elements in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) genome, most notably two elements comprising about 1.3 × and 1.0 × the full-length genome. Phylogenetic and molecular dating analyses show that endogenous budgerigar hepatitis B viruses (eBHBV) share an ancestor with extant avihepadnaviruses and infiltrated the budgerigar genome millions of years ago. Identification of full-length genomes with preserved key ...[more]