Bioinformatics and evolutionary insight on the spike glycoprotein gene of QX-like and Massachusetts strains of infectious bronchitis virus

Abstract

Conclusion: The study demonstrated that spike glycoprotein of the Massachusetts and the QX-like variants of IBV are molecularly distinct and that this may reflect in differences in the behavior of these viruses in vivo.

Keywords

Infectious bronchitis virus; Spike glycoprotein; Bioinformatics; Coronavirus; Evolution

Published in

Virology Journal
2012, volume: 9
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU Authors

• Shahid, Abro

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Belak, Sandor

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Bioinformatics (Computational Biology)

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-9-211

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/44828