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Characterizing sequence variation in the VP1 capsid proteins of foot and mouth disease virus (serotype 0) with respect to virion structure.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Apr 1998
Haydon D, Lea S, Fry L, Knowles N, Samuel A R, Stuart D, Woolhouse M E
Abstract excerpt
The VP1 capsid protein of foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) is highly polymorphic and contains several of the major immunogenic sites important to effective antibody neutralization and subsequent viral clearance by the immune system. Whether this high level of polymorphism is of adaptive value to the virus remains unknown. In this study we examined sequence data from a set of 55 isolates in order to establish...
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