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The phosphorylation of Ser221 in VP2 of mink enteritis virus and its roles in virus amplification.
Virus research - 2 Jun 2016
Hou Qiang, Su Jun, Wang Jigui, Li Zhili, Mao Yaping, Wang Shuang, Xi Ji, Liu Weiquan
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports have indicated that phosphorylation of capsid proteins plays an important role in virion assemblage. Autonomous parvoviruses are among the smallest known viruses with an ssDNA genome enclosed within an icosahedral capsid. Here, we demonstrate that a structural protein (VP2) of one member, mink enteritis virus (MEV), is phosphorylated at serine-221 (Ser221) in vivo. Mutant viruses containing an...
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