Research Article
Feline Coronavirus 3c Protein: A Candidate for a Virulence Marker?
Table 3
Mean, maximum, and minimum nucleotide identities of 3a–c, E, and M FCoV genes from different clones.
| Identification | 3a gene | 3b gene | 3c gene | E gene | M gene | Mean (%) | Max (%) | Min (%) | Mean (%) | Max (%) | Min (%) | Mean (%) | Max (%) | Min (%) | Mean (%) | Max (%) | Min (%) | Mean (%) | Max (%) | Min (%) |
| USP2/Faeces/PIF−/local1 | 99.83 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.45 | 99.50 | 99.40 | 99.75 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 99.52 | 99.80 | 99.30 | USP6/Stomach/PIF+/local7 | 99.67 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.92 | 100.00 | 99.80 | 99.90 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 99.77 | 99.80 | 99.70 | USP6/Faeces/PIF+/local7 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.03 | 99.50 | 98.60 | 99.20 | 99.20 | 99.20 | | | | 99.77 | 99.80 | 99.70 | USP7/Cerebrum/PIF+/local3 | 99.02 | 100.00 | 98.10 | 96.39 | 100.00 | 88.10 | 99.79 | 100.00 | 99.70 | 99.53 | 100.00 | 99.10 | 99.48 | 100.00 | 99.40 | USP7/Faeces/PIF+/local3 | 99.42 | 100.00 | 97.10 | 92.16 | 100.00 | 83.30 | 97.29 | 100.00 | 95.50 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.54 | 100.00 | 99.10 | USP8/UB/PIF+/local6 | 98.70 | 99.50 | 98.10 | 99.89 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 99.73 | 100.00 | 99.20 | | | | | | | USP14/Faeces/PIF−/local4 | 95.86 | 100.00 | 91.50 | 98.96 | 100.00 | 97.70 | 99.48 | 100.00 | 98.80 | | | | | | | USP16/Cerebrum/PIF+/local5 | 99.42 | 100.00 | 99.00 | 99.33 | 99.50 | 99.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.83 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 99.70 | 100.00 | 99.40 | USP17/Cerebrum/PIF+/local2 | 99.25 | 100.00 | 98.50 | 97.92 | 100.00 | 94.50 | 99.33 | 100.00 | 98.50 | 99.67 | 100.00 | 99.50 | 99.18 | 99.60 | 98.70 | USP17/LI/PIF+/local2 | 99.50 | 100.00 | 99.00 | 99.03 | 99.50 | 98.60 | 99.50 | 99.50 | 99.50 | 99.67 | 100.00 | 99.50 | | | | USP18/Cerebrum/PIF+/local2 | 98.70 | 99.50 | 98.10 | 98.68 | 100.00 | 98.10 | 99.80 | 99.80 | 99.80 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 99.53 | 99.60 | 99.40 |
| Intestinal samples | 97.70 | 100.00 | 91.50 | 92.09 | 100.00 | 81.50 | 95.64 | 100.00 | 93.20 | 93.87 | 100.00 | 91.10 | 99.59 | 100.00 | 99.10 | Extraintestinal samples | 99.38 | 100.00 | 98.10 | 90.09 | 100.00 | 75.60 | 95.37 | 100.00 | 92.70 | 95.19 | 100.00 | 89.90 | 99.53 | 100.00 | 98.70 |
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Max: maximum; Min: minimum; LI: large intestine; UB: urinary bladder. Samples that only one clone was obtained or no clone was obtained at all.
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