Characterization of untranslated regions of the salmonid alphavirus 3 (SAV3) genome and construction of a SAV3 based replicon

• Published in: Virology Journal
• Main Authors: Karlsen, Marius, Villoing, Stephane, Rimstad, Espen, Nylund, Are
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2009
• Subjects: Short Report; Norway; Sav’; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2772843; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19860871; https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-6-173

Salmonid alphavirus (SAV) causes disease in farmed salmonid fish and is divided into different genetic subtypes (SAV1-6). Here we report the cloning and characterization of the 5'- and 3'- untranslated regions (UTR) of a SAV3 isolated from Atlantic salmon in Norway. The sequences of the UT...