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African swine fever virus encodes a CD2 homolog responsible for the adhesion of erythrocytes to infected cells
1 Sept 1993
Abstract excerpt
We have identified an open reading frame, EP402R, within the EcoRI E' fragment of the African swine fever virus genome that encodes a polypeptide of 402 amino acid residues homologous to the adhesion receptor of T cells, CD2. Transcription of EP402R takes place during the late phase of virus replication. The disruption of EP402R, achieved through the replacement of a 354-bp-long fragment from within EP402R by the...
