Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of three serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus. |
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| Authors: | S Curry R Abu-Ghazaleh W Blakemore E Fry T Jackson A King S Lea D Logan J Newman D Stuart |
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| Institution: | AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, U.K. |
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| Abstract: | Foot-and-mouth disease viruses from serotypes O, A and C have been crystallized. The particular strains studied include O1K, A10(61), A22 Iraq 24/64, A24 Cruzeiro and C-S8c1. In addition, crystals have been grown of G67, a monoclonal antibody neutralization escape mutant derived from O1K, and of virus R100, recovered after the establishment of a persistent infection in baby hamster kidney cells with C-S8c1. Empty particles, capsids which lack the RNA genome, have also been crystallized for subtypes A22 Iraq 24/64 and A10(61). In almost all cases, crystals suitable for high resolution structure determination were obtained from (NH4)2SO4 or mixtures of polyethylene glycol and NH4Cl. |
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