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In vitro disassembly of a parvovirus capsid and effect on capsid stability of heterologous peptide insertions in surface loops.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 20 Feb 2004
Carreira Aura, Menéndez Margarita, Reguera Juan, Almendral José María, Mateu Mauricio G
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the in vitro disassembly of the capsid of the minute virus of mice, and the stability of capsid chimeras carrying heterologous epitope insertions. Upon heating in a physiological buffer, empty capsids formed by 60 copies of protein VP2 underwent first a reversible conformational change with a small enthalpy change detected by fluorescence. This change was associated with, but not limited to,...
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