[Molecular evolutionary analysis of GB viruses and hepatitis G virus]

Nihon Rinsho. 1997 Mar;55(3):540-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Recently, new blood-transfusion transmissible viruses, called hepatitis G virus(HGV) and GB virus-C(GBV-C), have been reported. It was found that two viruses were independent isolates of the same virus, the genomic structure resembled that of flavivirus family, and GBV-C/HGV was closely related to HCV. To elucidate the evolutionary relationship between hepatitis C virus(HCV) and GBV-C/HGV, we constructed the phylogenetic trees for the putative RNA helicase and the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase regions of the Flaviviridae by UPGMA. The tree showed that HCV was closely related to GB virus-B(GBV-B) and HGV was more nearer to GB virus-A(GBV-A) rather than HCV.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Flaviviridae / enzymology
  • Flaviviridae / genetics*
  • Hepacivirus / enzymology
  • Hepacivirus / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA Helicases
  • RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / chemistry
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / chemistry
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • RNA Nucleotidyltransferases
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
  • RNA Helicases