Complete Genome Sequence of Rat Cytomegalovirus Strain ALL-03 (Malaysian Strain)

Krishnan Nair Balakrishnan; Ashwaq Ahmed Abdullah; Siti Nazrina Camalxaman; Yi Wan Quah; Yusuf Abba; Homayoun Hani; Hwei San Loh; Farina Mustaffa Kamal; Nazariah Allaudin Zeenathul; Ideris Aini; A R Omar; Mohamed Mustapha Noordin; Mohd Lila Mohd Azmi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00451-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Rat Cytomegalovirus Strain ALL-03 (Malaysian Strain)

Genome Announc. 2015 Jun 4;3(3):e00451-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00451-15.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia krishnan_ukm@yahoo.com azmilila@gmail.com.
² Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
³ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁵ School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia.

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of the ALL-03 strain of rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) has been determined. The RCMV genome has a length of 197,958 bp and is arranged as a single unique sequence flanked by 504-bp terminal direct repeats. This strain is closely related to the English strain of RCMV in terms of genetic arrangement but differs slightly in size.