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The coxsackievirus A9 RGD motif is not essential for virus viability.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1995
Hughes P J, Horsnell C, Hyypiä T, Stanway G
Abstract excerpt
An RGD (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid) motif in coxsackievirus A9 has been implicated in internalization through an interaction with the integrin alpha v beta 3. We have produced a number of virus mutants, lacking the motif, which have a small-plaque phenotype in LLC-Mk2 and A-Vero cells and are phenotypically normal in RD cells. Substitution of flanking amino acids also affected plaque size. The results suggest...
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