Affiliation:
1. German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department of Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany
Abstract
A novel, circular DNA molecule was identified in the serum of 4-week-old Holstein calves via Illumina sequencing. Comparisons with the NCBI nucleotide data bank indicate that the sequence is unique. The circle contains one predicted open reading frame (ORF), whose translated protein sequence shows high similarity to bacterial Rep proteins.
Funder
German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Genetics,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous),Molecular Biology