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Analysis of the vp2 gene sequence of a new mutated mink enteritis parvovirus strain in PR China.
Virology journal - 11 Jun 2010
Zuo Jing, Rao Jiahui, Xu Huihui, Ma Liming, Li Bo, Wang Yuping, Cai Xuehui, Han Wenyu, Lei Liancheng, Liu Bin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mink enteritis virus (MEV) causes a highly contagious viral disease of mink with a worldwide distribution. MEV has a linear, single-stranded, negative-sense DNA with a genome length of approximately 5,000 bp. The VP2 protein is the major structural protein of the parvovirus encoded by the vp2 gene. VP2 is highly antigenic and plays important roles in determining viral host ranges and tissue tropisms....
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