African origin of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus

Yasuhito Tanaka; Masashi Mizokami; Etsuro Orito; Ken ichi Ohba; Takanobu Kato; Yutaka Kondo; Innocent Mboudjeka; Leopold Zekeng; Lazare Kaptue; Blaise Bikandou; Pierre M'Pele; Jun Takehisa; Masanori Hayami; Yoshiyuki Suzuki; Takashi Gojobori

doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00083-0

African origin of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus

Yasuhito Tanaka, Masashi Mizokami^*, Etsuro Orito, Ken ichi Ohba, Takanobu Kato, Yutaka Kondo, Innocent Mboudjeka, Leopold Zekeng, Lazare Kaptue, Blaise Bikandou, Pierre M'Pele, Jun Takehisa, Masanori Hayami, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Takashi Gojobori

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Abstract

Ninety-four GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) RNA-positive serum samples were obtained from all over the world. We found that all 15 GBV- C/HGV isolates from the Pygmies and the Bantu in the Central African region had a 12-amino acid indel (i.e. insertion or deletion) in the non-structural protein (NS) 5A region. Phylogenetic analyses of the NS5A region, using GBV- A as an outgroup, showed that these 15 isolates had diverged from the common ancestor much earlier than the remaining isolates, indicating an African origin of GBVC/HGV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	143-148
Number of pages	6
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	423
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00083-0
State	Published - Feb 20 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Africa
GB virus C
Hepatitis G virus
Indel
NS5A
Phylogenetic analysis
Pygmy

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Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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