A type of nucleotide motif that distinguishes tobamovirus species more efficiently than nucleotide signatures

Gibbs, Adrian; Armstrong, John; Gibbs, Mark

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A type of nucleotide motif that distinguishes tobamovirus species more efficiently than nucleotide signatures

Date

2004

Authors

Gibbs, Adrian

Armstrong, John

Gibbs, Mark

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

The complete genomic sequences of forty-eight tobamoviruses were classified and found to form at least twelve species clusters. Individual species were not conveniently defined by 'nucleotide signatures' (i.e. strings of one or more nucleotides unique to