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Contribution of the length of the HN protein and the sequence of the F protein cleavage site to Newcastle disease virus pathogenicity
22 Oct 2003
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) possesses two envelope spike glycoproteins: the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein and the fusion (F) protein. The HN protein, which is responsible for virus attachment to sialic acid-containing receptors, varies in length due to differences in the sizes of the ORFs. An HN protein precursor of 616 aa has been found in avirulent but not in virulent NDV strains, whereas an HN...
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