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. 2008 Oct 30;5:132. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-132

Table 2.

Length of type A, B and C influenza virus 3' and 5' NC sequences

Type A PB2 PB1 PA HA NP NA M NS
3'NC 27 24 24 * 45 ** 25 26
5'NC 34 43 58 * 23 ** 20 26

* H1 H2 H3 H5 ** N1 N2

3'NC 32 43 29 28 3'NC 20a 19
5'NC 45 41 32–35 44 5'NC 28 38


Type B PB2 PB1 PA HA NP NA M NS
3'NC 23 21 29 33 58 53 24 42
5'NC 60 89 98 94 101 103 91 30


Type C PB2 PB1 P3 HEF NP M NS
3'NC 21 17 21 21 29 25 26
5'NC 19 81 32 84 80–102b 30 47

Lengths are in nt, the start and stop codons were excluded.

a: except for A/WSN/33 which has 19 nt

b: 80 nt for C/Ann Arbor/1/50, 82 nt for C/California/78, 102 nt for C/JHB/1/66