Genomic and Pathogenic Characteristics of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated from Chicken in Live Bird Markets and Backyard Flocks in Kenya

Table 3

Genomic features of three NDV isolates from backyard chicken flocks in Kenya.

ORF	Genome characteristics					IGS	Gene length	Protein length
	Gene start	3UTR	Coding sequence	5UTR	Gene end
NP	56–65	66	122–1591	216	1798–1808	1	1753	489
P	1810–1819	73	1893–3080	180	3250–3260	1	1451	395
M	3262–3271	34	3296–4390	112	4493–4502	1	1241	364
F	4504–4513	46	4550–6211	84	6285–6295	31	1792	553
HN	6327–6336	91	6418–8133	195	8318–8328	47	2002	571
L	8376–8386	11	8387–15001	77	15069–15078	NA	6703	2204
Leader	1–55	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	55	NA
Trailer	15079–15192	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	114	NA

NP: nucleoprotein; P: phosphoprotein; F: fusion protein; M: matrix protein; HN: hemagglutinin neuraminidase protein; L: RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; 3UTR: 3′ end untranslated regions (UTRs); 5UTR: 5′ end untranslated regions (UTRs); ORF: open reading frame; IGS: intergenic sequence; 1: coding sequence including stop codon; 2: number of amino acid bases without stop codon.