Confusions in orbivirus protein classification

Abstract

Abstract. An extensive comparative analysis of orbivirus genomes revealed four cases of unclear numeration and protein designation, due to confused reference to protein size or segment size by which they are encoded. A concise nomenclature based on type species, sequence homology and functional characteristics independent of segment or protein size is suggested. © 2012 Dilcher and Weidmann; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.