Feline Coronavirus 3c Protein: A Candidate for a Virulence Marker?

Table 2

Identification, sorting according to the presence of FIP detection of mRNA FCoVs, and the number of clones obtained from cats.

ID	Location	FIP	Sample	mRNA	Number of clones obtained from each gene					Total
					E	M	3a	3b	3c
					249nt	792nt	213nt	222nt	714nt
USP2	1	Absent	Faeces	Pos	4	6	6	6	4	26
USP6	7	Noneffusive	Stomach	Pos	10	11	10	9	6	46
			Faeces	Neg	0	3	8	7	5	23
USP7	3	Noneffusive	Cerebrum	Neg	5	5	5	5	2	22
			Faeces	Pos	3	7	10	10	5	35
USP8	6	Effusive	Stomach	Pos	1	1	1	1	1	5
			Urinary bladder	Pos	0	0	3	3	2	8
USP17	2	Effusive	Cerebrum	Neg	3	5	8	8	8	32
			Large intestine	Pos	3	1	4	4	2	14
USP14	4	Absent	Faeces	Pos	1	1	12	12	9	35
USP16	5	Effusive	Cerebrum	Pos	6	0	9	9	9	33
USP18	2	Effusive	Cerebrum	Pos	2	3	3	3	2	13
Total of clones ()					38	43	79	77	55	292

ID: identification; Pos: positive; Neg: negative.