Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Research
Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-associated Coronavirus, Beijing
Wei Liu*, Fang Tang*, Arnaud Fontanet†, Lin Zhan*, Tian-Bao Wang‡, Pan-He Zhang*, Yi-He Luan‡, Chao-Yang Cao‡, Qiu-Min Zhao*, Xiao-Ming Wu*, Zhong-Tao Xin§, Shu-Qing Zuo*, Laurence Baril†, Astrid Vabret¶, Yi-Ming Shao#, Hong Yang*, and Wu-Chun Cao*
Table 3
Characterization of nucleotide (nt) substitutions in 29 severe acute respiratory syndrome patients, Beijing, China*
| ORF or protein | Position† | nt substitution | aa change | No. patients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF 1b | 17620 | C→T | Leu→Ser | 5 |
| S protein | 22077 | G→T | Phe→Tyr | 9 |
| S protein | 22589 | C→T | Noncoding region | 24 |
| ORF 9 | 27749 | G→A | Lys→Glu | 12 |
*SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; ORF, open reading frame; aa, amino acid.
†The nt positions are numbered with TOR2 as reference strain (accession no. NC_004718).
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