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Table 1 Wild-type fusion peptide sequences in pathogenic arthropod-borne flaviviruses

From: Constancy and diversity in the flavivirus fusion peptide

Flavivirus

Wild-type sequencea

Mosquito-borne except dengueb

DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSI

Dengue type 1

DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSL

Dengue type 2

DRGWGNGCGLFGKGGI

Dengue type 3

DRGWGNGCGLFGKGSL

Dengue type 4

DRGWGNGCGLFGKGGV

Tick-bornec except Powassan

DRGWH NGCGLFGKGSI

Powassan including deer tick

DRGWH NGCGF FGKGSI

  1. aChanges from the amino acids in the most common mosquito-borne sequence are in bold
  2. bJEV, YFV, WNV including Kunjin, Murray Valley encephalitis and SLEV viruses
  3. cTBEV, Langat, louping ill, Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus, Kyasanur Forest disease virus including Alkhurma, Royal Farm virus, Karshi, Gadgets Gully, Spanish sheep encephalomyelitis and Turkish sheep encephalitis viruses.
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