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Host range determinants located on the interior of the poliovirus capsid.
The EMBO journal - 1 May 1991
Moss E G, Racaniello V R
Abstract excerpt
The inability of certain poliovirus strains to infect mice can be overcome by the expression of human poliovirus receptors in mice or by the presence of a particular amino acid sequence of the B-C loop of the viral capsid protein VP1. We have identified changes in an additional capsid structure that permit host-restricted poliovirus strains to infect mice. Variants of the mouse-virulent P2/Lansing strain were...
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