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Minor Capsid Proteins of Simian Virus 40 Are Dispensable for Nucleocapsid Assembly and Cell Entry but Are Required for Nuclear Entry of the Viral Genome
3 Feb 2007
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the roles of simian virus 40 capsid proteins in the viral life cycle by analyzing point mutants in Vp1 and Vp2/3, as well as a deletion mutant lacking the Vp2/3 coding sequence. The Vp1 mutants (V243E and L245E) and the Vp2/3 mutants (F157E-I158E and P164R-G165E-G166R) were previously shown to be defective in Vp1-Vp2/3 interaction and to be noninfectious or poorly infectious, respectively. Here,...
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