Project description:We have performed RNA sequencing on kidneys from inclusion body nephropathy-affected mice and compared the data to healthy, uninfected controls. Using a metagenomics approach, we report the identification of the disease causing agent as an atypical virus, mouse kidney parvovirus (MKPV), belonging to a divergent genus of the Parvoviridae. The RNA sequencing also enabled us to assess the host response to MKPV-infection.
Project description:Porcine parvovirus (PPV) isolate PPV2010 has recently emerged in China. Herein, we analyze the complete genome sequence of PPV2010. Our results indicate that the genome of PPV2010 bears mixed characteristics of virulent PPV and vaccine strains. Importantly, PPV2010 has the potential to be a naturally attenuated candidate vaccine strain.
Project description:Porcine parvovirus (PPV) strain BJ2 was isolated from a pig with symptoms consistent with PPV in Beijing, China. The analysis showed that the PPV genome sequence has the characteristics of a German cluster 27a strain and the virulent Kreese strain, which will facilitate understanding of the prevalence of PPV in China.
Project description:We have developed a generally adaptable, novel high-throughput chromosome conformation capture assay for use in trans (V3C-seq) that allows genome-wide identification of the direct associations of a lytic virus genome with discreet regions of the cellular chromosome. Upon infection, the parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice genome associated directly with sites of cellular DNA damage. These sites also exhibited damage in uninfected cells when cycling through S-phase. As infection proceeded, new sites of DNA damage were induced, and virus subsequently also associated with these.
