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Heterogeneous Selective Pressure Acting on Influenza B Victoria- and Yamagata-Like Hemagglutinins

dc.contributor.authorNunes, Baltazar
dc.contributor.authorPechirra, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Anabela
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorArraiolos, Ana
dc.contributor.authorRebelo-de-Andrade, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-12T10:12:52Z
dc.date.available2012-03-12T10:12:52Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.description.abstractAs a consequence of immune pressure, influenza virus hemagglutinin presents some of its amino acids under positive selection. Several authors have reported the existence of influenza A hemagglutinin codons under positive selective pressure (PSP). In this framework, the present work objectives were to demonstrate the presence of PSP and evaluate its effects on Victoria- and Yamagata-like influenza B viruses. Methodology adopted consisted in estimating the acceptance rate of nonsynonymous substitutions (ω = dN/dS) that describe the strength of selective pressure and identifying codons that may be positively selected, applying a set of continuous-time Markov chain codon-substitution models. Two groups of HA1 sequences (140 from Yamagata and 60 from Victoria lineage) were used. All the model maximum-likelihood estimates were obtained using codeml software application (PAML 3.15). The hypothesis of no existence of sites under PSP was rejected for both lineages (p<0.001), using likelihood ratio tests. These results demonstrate the presence of positive selection acting on hemagglutinin of both Yamagata- and Victoria-like influenza B viruses. Several different sites were identified to be under PSP on Yamagata and Victoria hemagglutinins. Sites found with a posterior probability >0.95 were codons 197 and 199 in both lineages, codon 75 in the Yamagata lineage, and codon 129 in the Victoria lineage. The detected amino acids are located at or near antigenic sites in influenza A virus H3 hemagglutinin.por
dc.identifier.citationJ Mol Evol. 2008 Oct;67(4):427-35. Epub 2008 Oct 8por
dc.identifier.issn0022-2844
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/718
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherSpringerpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.springerlink.com/content/p47258lx43mg6r65/fulltext.pdfpor
dc.subjectInfecções Respiratóriaspor
dc.subjectInfluenza Bpor
dc.subjectPositive Selectionpor
dc.subjectHemagglutininpor
dc.subjectPhylogenetic Analysispor
dc.subjectMaximum Likelihoodpor
dc.subjectEstados de Saúde e de Doençapor
dc.titleHeterogeneous Selective Pressure Acting on Influenza B Victoria- and Yamagata-Like Hemagglutininspor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage435por
oaire.citation.startPage427por
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Molecular Evolutionpor
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rcaap.typearticlepor

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