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Reduced incorporation of SARS-CoV spike protein into viral particles due to amino acid substitutions within the receptor binding domain.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2008
Li Shu-Ming, Li Gui-Mei, Nakamura Shota, Ikuta Kazuyoshi, Nakaya Takaaki
Abstract excerpt
Cell clone #21 is a long-term producer of the infectious SARS-coronavirus, although the incorporation rate of spike (S) protein into virions is significantly lower. Sequencing analysis of the viral structural proteins revealed four and one amino acid substitutions in the S and membrane (M) proteins, respectively. We demonstrated, using a viral-like particle formation system, that the S mutations were involved in...
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