A unique VP4 gene allele carried by an unusual bovine rotavirus strain, 993/83.

doi:10.1006/viro.1994.1043

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A unique VP4 gene allele carried by an unusual bovine rotavirus strain, 993/83.

Virology - 1 Jan 1994

Isegawa Y, Nakagomi O, Brüssow H, Minamoto N, Nakagomi T, Ueda S

Abstract excerpt

The VP4 protein of an unusual group A calf rotavirus strain, 993/83 (serotype G7 and subgroup non-I and non-II), was determined to contain 770 amino acids, shorter than any other VP4 proteins sequenced to date. The 993/83 VP4 exhibited only 55-62% amino acid identity to the VP4s of the representa...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Viral
Capsid
Capsid Proteins
Cattle
Genes, Viral
Molecular Sequence Data
Neutralization Tests
Rotavirus
Species Specificity

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