Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

High Diversity and Ancient Common Ancestry of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Cesar G. Albariño¹

, Gustavo Palacios¹, Marina L. Khristova, Bobbie R. Erickson, Serena A. Carroll, James A. Comer, Jeffrey Hui, Thomas Briese, Kirsten St. George, Thomas G. Ksiazek², W. Ian Lipkin, and Stuart T. Nichol

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.G. Albariño, M.L. Khristova, B.R. Erickson, S.A. Carroll, J.A. Comer, T.G. Ksiazek, S.T. Nichol); Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (G. Palacios, J. Hui, T. Briese, W.I. Lipkin); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (K. St. George)

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Appendix Figure 4

Schematic of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) GPC open reading frame. The protein motifs previously identified in the Armstrong strain, such as the 2 hydrophobic domains in the signal peptide, the myristoylation site in G2, and most of the potential glycosylation sites found in other arenaviruses, are well conserved (34).

Appendix Figure 4. Schematic of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) GPC open reading frame. The protein motifs previously identified in the Armstrong strain, such as the 2 hydrophobic domains in the signal peptide, the myristoylation site in G2, and most of the potential glycosylation sites found in other arenaviruses, are well conserved (34).

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

²Current affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

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