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The foot-and-mouth disease virus leader proteinase gene is not required for viral replication
1 Sept 1995
Abstract excerpt
The foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) leader (L) proteinase has only two known functions: (i) autocatalytic removal from the N terminus of the viral polyprotein and (ii) cleavage of the p220 subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4F complex, which helps to shut off host protein synthesis. Cleavage of p220 appears to be important for picornavirus replication, since rhinoviruses and enteroviruses utilize a...
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