PMID- 20304455 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100510 LR - 20100430 IS - 1096-0341 (Electronic) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 401 IP - 2 DP - 2010 Jun 5 TI - Complete genomic sequence and an infectious BAC clone of feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1). PG - 215-27 LID - 10.1016/j.virol.2010.02.021 [doi] AB - Infection with feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) is a major cause of upper respiratory and ocular diseases in Felidae. We report the first complete genomic sequence of FHV-1, as well as the construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone of FHV-1, which contains the entire FHV-1 genome and has the BAC vector inserted at the left end of U(L). Complete genomic sequences were derived from both the FHV-1 BAC clone and purified virion DNA. The FHV-1 genome is 135,797bp in size with an overall G+C content of 45%. A total of 78 open reading frames were predicted, encoding 74 distinct proteins. The gene arrangement is collinear with that of most sequenced varicelloviruses. The virus regenerated from the BAC was very similar to the parental C-27 strain in vitro in terms of plaque morphology and growth characteristics and highly virulent in cats in a preliminary in vivo study. CI - 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Tai, S H Sheldon AU - Tai SH AD - Graduate Program in Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. FAU - Niikura, Masahiro AU - Niikura M FAU - Cheng, Hans H AU - Cheng HH FAU - Kruger, John M AU - Kruger JM FAU - Wise, Annabel G AU - Wise AG FAU - Maes, Roger K AU - Maes RK LA - eng SI - GENBANK/FJ478159 SI - GENBANK/GU250525 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100321 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Composition MH - Cat Diseases/pathology/virology MH - Cats MH - *Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial MH - DNA, Viral/chemistry/*genetics MH - Felidae/*virology MH - Gene Order MH - *Genome, Viral MH - Herpesviridae/*genetics/isolation & purification/*pathogenicity MH - Herpesviridae Infections/pathology/*veterinary MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Open Reading Frames MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Synteny EDAT- 2010/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/11 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/12/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/02/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0042-6822(10)00130-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2010.02.021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2010 Jun 5;401(2):215-27. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.02.021. Epub 2010 Mar 21.