| vp2 gene based phylogenetic relationship of indian isolates of bluetongue virus serotype 1 and other serotypes from different parts of the world. | bluetongue virus (btv), a member of genus orbivirus, family reoviridae, is non-enveloped with double shelled structure and 10 segmented double stranded rna genome. the rna segment l2 encodes an outer capsid serotype specific viral protein vp2. btv serotype 1 (btv-1) specific novel primer pair, forward primer (1240-1271 bp) and reverse primer (1844-1813 bp), was designed using vp2 gene sequences available in genbank to amplify 1240-1844 bp region because two hypervariable and three conserved regi ... | 2004 | 15621660 |