A new serotype of the outer capsid protein VP4 shared by an unusual human rotavirus strain Ro1845 and canine rotaviruses.

doi:10.1099/0022-1317-74-12-2771

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A new serotype of the outer capsid protein VP4 shared by an unusual human rotavirus strain Ro1845 and canine rotaviruses.

The Journal of general virology - 1 Dec 1993

Nakagomi O, Isegawa Y, Hoshino Y, Aboudy Y, Shif I, Silberstein I, Nakagomi T, Ueda S, Sears J, Flores J

Abstract excerpt

The VP4 protein of human rotavirus (HRV) strain Ro1845 and canine rotavirus strains K9 and CU-1 exhibited greater than 98% amino acid identity within their group, but showed less identity with VP4 proteins of other HRV and animal rotavirus strains, the simian rotavirus strain RRV VP4 being most s...

Topics

Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Capsid
Capsid Proteins
Dogs
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Neutralization Tests
Rotavirus
Serotyping

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