title: Comparison of the sequence of the gene encoding African swine fever virus attachment protein p12 from field virus isolates and viruses passaged in tissue culture.
abstract: Comparison of the amino acid sequence of the African swine fever virus attachment protein p12 from different field virus isolates, deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the gene, revealed a high degree of conservation. No mutations were found after adaptation to Vero cells, and a polypeptide with similar characteristics was present in an IBRS2-adapted virus. The sequence of the 5' flanking region was conserved among the isolates, whereas sequences downstream of the gene were highly variable in length and contained direct repeats in tandem that may account for the deletions found in different isolates. Protein p12 was synthesized in swine macrophages infected with all of the viruses tested.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viñuela
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcamí
mesh_terms: D000357:African Swine Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D000358:African Swine Fever Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D014644:Genetic Variation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012692:Serial Passage; D013552:Swine; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; C074550:protein p12, African swine fever virus