Family Birnaviridae


Genome: dsRNA Host: Invertebrates; Vertebrates


Compiled for the VIth ICTV Report by Dobos P, Berthiaume L, Leong JA, Kibenge FSB, Muller H, Nicholson BL
Taxonomic Structure of the Family
ICTVdB - Description of the Family

References cited in the VIth ICTV Report

Bayliss CD, Spies U, Shaw K, Peters RW, Papageorgiou A, Muller H, Boursnell MEG (1990) A comparison of the sequences of segment A of four infectious bursal disease virus strains and identification of a variable region in VP2. J Gen Virol 71: 1303-1312

Calvert JG, Nagy E, Soler M, Dobos P (1991) Characterization of the VPg-dsRNA linkage of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus. J Gen Virol 72: 2563-2567

Comps M, Mari J, Poisson F, Bonami JR (1991) Biophysical and biochemical properties of the RBV, and unusual birnavirus pathogenic for rotifers. J Gen Virol 72: 1229-1236

Dobos P, Hill BJ, Hallett R, Kells DTC, Becht H, Teninges D (1979) Biophysical and biochemical characterization of five animal viruses with bisegmented double-stranded RNA genomes. J Virol 32: 593-605

Dobos P, Roberts TE (1983) The molecular biology of infectious pacreatic necrosis virus; a review. Can J Microbiol 29: 377-384 (1983)

Duncan R, Dobos P (1986) The nucleotide sequence of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus dsRNA segment A reveals one large ORF encoding a precursor polyprotein. Nucl Acids Res 14: 5934

Duncan R, Mason CL, Nagy E, Leong JA, Dobos P (1991) Sequence analysis of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus genome segment B and its encoded VP1 protein: a putative RNA dependent RNA polymerase lacking the gly-asp-asp motif. Virology 181: 541-552

Duncan R, Nagy E, Krell PJ, Dobos P (1987) Synthesis of the infectious pancreatic necrosis virus polyprotein, detection of a virus encoded protease, and fine structure mapping of genome segment A coding regions. J Virol 61: 3655-3664

Morgan MM, Macreadie IG, Harley VR, Hudson PJ, Azad A (1988) Sequence of the small double stranded RNA genomic segment of infectious bursal disease virus and its deduced 90-kDa product. Virology 163: 240-242

Nagy E, Dobos P (1974) Coding assignments of Drosophila X virus genome segments: in vitro translation of native and denatured virion dsRNA. Virology 137: 58-66


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