Table 2

Pairwise comparisons of M1 genome segment and μ2 protein sequences from different reovirus isolates

Identity (%) compared with reovirus isolatea

Virus isolate
 T1Lb
 T1Lc
 T2J
 T3Dd
 T3De
 T1C11
 T1C29
 T1N84
 T2N84
 T2S59
 T3C12
 T3C18
 T3C44
 T3N83
T1Lb
 --
 99.9f
 80.8
 98.6
 98.8
 99.2
 98.0
 98.4
 98.8
 96.3
 98.8
 99.0
 98.0
 98.2
T1Lc
 99.9f
 --
 81.0
 98.8
 98.9
 99.3
 98.1
 98.5
 98.9
 96.2
 98.9
 99.2
 98.1
 98.4
T2J
 71.6
 71.6
 --
 80.0
 80.2
 80.4
 80.3
 80.2
 80.4
 81.5
 80.2
 80.3
 80.3
 80.4
T3Dd
 97.8
 97.9
 70.9
 --
 99.6
 98.6
 97.4
 97.8
 98.2
 95.5
 99.6
 98.5
 97.4
 98.0
T3De
 97.9
 98.0
 71.0
 99.7
 --
 98.8
 97.6
 98.0
 98.4
 95.7
 100
 98.6
 97.6
 98.1
T1C11
 98.7
 98.7
 71.3
 97.1
 97.1
 --
 98.0
 98.4
 98.8
 96.1
 98.8
 99.6
 98.0
 98.8
T1C29
 96.3
 96.4
 71.1
 95.8
 95.8
 95.5
 --
 97.3
 97.8
 95.7
 97.6
 97.8
 100
 97.0
T1N84
 96.3
 96.3
 70.8
 95.7
 95.8
 95.9
 94.5
 --
 98.5
 95.7
 98.0
 98.2
 97.3
 97.4
T2N84
 97.1
 97.1
 71.0
 96.5
 96.6
 96.7
 95.4
 96.5
 --
 96.2
 98.4
 98.6
 97.8
 97.8
T2S59
 89.8
 89.9
 71.3
 89.2
 89.3
 89.2
 89.4
 89.1
 89.7
 --
 95.7
 95.9
 95.7
 95.1
T3C12
 97.8
 97.9
 71.0
 99.7
 99.9+
 97.2
 95.7
 95.7
 96.6
 89.3
 --
 98.6
 97.6
 98.1
T3C18
 98.8
 98.9
 71.2
 97.3
 97.4
 99.4
 95.8
 95.8
 96.8
 89.4
 97.4
 --
 97.8
 98.6
T3C44
 96.5
 96.6
 71.1
 95.9
 95.9
 95.7
 99.7
 94.6
 95.5
 89.4
 95.9
 96.0
 --
 97.0
T3N83
 97.7
 97.8
 71.4
 96.4
 96.4
 98.6
 94.7
 94.9
 95.8
 88.5
 96.4
 98.4
 95.0
 --

a Abbreviations defined in text.

b T1L M1 and μ2 sequences for the Brown laboratory clone [31]; GenBank accession no. X59945).

c T1L M1 and μ2 sequences for the Nibert laboratory clone [23]; GenBank accession no. AF461682) and the Coombs laboratory clone (this study).

d T3D M1 and μ2 sequences for the Joklik laboratory clone [30]; GenBank accession no. M27261), and the Cashdollar laboratory clone [23]; GenBank accession no. AF461684).

e T3D M1 and μ2 sequences for the Nibert laboratory clone [23]; GenBank accession no. AF461683) and the Coombs laboratory clone (this study).

f Values for M1-gene sequence comparisons are shown below the diagonal, in bold; values for μ2-protein sequence comparisons are shown above the diagonal.

Yin et al. Virology Journal 2004 1:6   doi:10.1186/1743-422X-1-6