Article
Molecular basis of antigenic structures of poliovirus: implications for their evolution during morphogenesis.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1992
Wiegers K, Dernick R
Abstract excerpt
Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against poliovirus type 1 were obtained after conventional immunization or combined in vivo-in vitro immunization. Antibody binding sites were determined by sequence analysis of neutralization-resistant mutants. Site 3 variants had several amino acid substitutions in previously unidentified positions for neutralization resistance. Evidence for a linkage of subsites 3a and 3b is...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Viral
- Epitopes
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation
- Neutralization Tests
- Poliovirus
- Precipitin Tests
