Gibbs A, Tien P, Kang L, Tian Y, Randles J
Intervirology. 1982;18(3):160-3. doi: 10.1159/000149319.
The amino acid compositions of the virion proteins of several tobamoviruses isolated in China were determined. A classification computed from these and published data of other tobamoviruses was compared with published data of their relatedness assessed using the cDNA:RNA molecular hybridization technique. The classifications are clearly congruent; that based on amino acid composition appears to be best for determining the hierarchical relationships of members within a taxonomic group, rather than for distinguishing between closely related members, whereas nucleic acid hybridization unequivocally places a virus into the appropriate subgroup but is less useful for determining distant relationships.
测定了在中国分离的几种烟草花叶病毒属病毒粒子蛋白的氨基酸组成。根据这些数据以及其他烟草花叶病毒属病毒已发表的数据计算得出的分类，与使用cDNA:RNA分子杂交技术评估的它们的亲缘关系的已发表数据进行了比较。这些分类明显一致；基于氨基酸组成的分类似乎最适合确定分类群内成员的层级关系，而不是区分亲缘关系密切的成员，而核酸杂交能明确地将一种病毒归入适当的亚组，但在确定远缘关系方面用处较小。
