THE NS5 GENE LOCATION OF TWO TURKEY MENINGOENCEPHALITIS VIRUS GENOMIC SEQUENCES

Two new turkey meningoencephalitis virus (TMEV) nucleotide sequences were aligned to complete sequences of genomes of the flaviviruses that were available at present in the GeneBank. It was found that the both TMEV sequences represent different NS5 locations; the sequence with Acc. No. AF098456 is located downstream of that with Acc. No. AF013377 on the TMEV NS5 gene. This finding provides further insight into the TMEV NS5 gene structure and shows that the two sequences are located on the NS5 gene separately.