The genetic basis for the antigenicity of the VP2 protein of the infectious bursal disease virus.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-74-8-1563

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The genetic basis for the antigenicity of the VP2 protein of the infectious bursal disease virus.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 1993

Schnitzler D, Bernstein F, Müller H, Becht H

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The genomic region coding for the antigenic structure responsible for the induction of neutralizing antibodies was localized in the central variable region of the VP2 gene by comparing the nucleotide sequence of five escape mutants derived from the standard infectious bursal disease virus strain...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral
Capsid
Capsid Proteins
DNA, Viral
Epitopes
Genes, Viral
Infectious bursal disease virus
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Precipitin Tests
Protein Biosynthesis

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