TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the New World Arenaviruses Sequenced in this Study
| Virus | Glycoprotein precursor |
Intergenic region |
Nucleoprotein |
S RNA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start codon (nt)a | Stop codon | Length (aa)b | Length (nt) | Start codon (nt) | Stop codon | Length (aa) | Length (nt) | |
| Allpahuayo | 51–53 | UAA | 508 | 70 | 3329–3327 | UAA | 562 | 3382 |
| Amapari | 62–64 | UAG | 482 | 99 | 3288–3286 | UAG | 561 | 3341 |
| Flexal | 59–61 | UAA | 508 | 96 | 3325–3323 | UGA | 560 | 3376 |
| Guanarito | 74–76 | UGA | 480 | 94 | 3289–3287 | UAG | 561 | 3342 |
| Latino | 90–92 | UGA | 516 | 61 | 3400–3398 | UAA | 558 | 3475 |
| Machupo | 89–91 | UAA | 497 | 64 | 3363–3361 | UAA | 565 | 3440 |
| Parana | 53–55 | UAA | 508 | 97 | 3326–3324 | UGA | 560 | 3406 |
| Pirital | 47–49 | UAG | 511 | 87 | 3341–3339 | UAA | 561 | 3393 |
| Tamiami | 81–83 | UAA | 486 | 182 | 3417–3415 | UAG | 566 | 3533 |
| Whitewater Arroyo | 63–65 | UAG | 481 | 71 | 3364–3362 | UGA | 563 | 3416 |
a
nt = nucleotide.
b
aa = amino acid.