title: Rotavirus 993/83, isolated from calf faeces, closely resembles an avian rotavirus.
abstract: Polypeptides from purified virions of the calf rotavirus (RV) isolate 993/83 and those from the pigeon RV isolate PO-13 comigrated on SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Two polypeptides of 45K and 47K were detected at the position of VP6. Both proteins behaved like authentic VP6 protein with EDTA and heat treatment. RV 993/83 and PO-13 showed identical one-dimensional peptide maps for VP2, and the 45K and 47K proteins. More than 70% of sera from German cattle older than 1 year showed neutralizing serum antibodies to RV 993/83 and RV PO-13.
authors.affiliation: Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd., Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brüssow
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagomi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamoto
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eichhorn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D010856:Columbidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral