title: Sequence conservation of the outer capsid protein, VP5, of bluetongue virus, a contrasting feature to the outer capsid protein VP2.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of a cDNA clone representing the segment 5 RNA of bluetongue virus (BTV) United States serotype 13 was determined. The comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence of the encoded protein (VP5) with the sequences of VP5 from two BTV United States serotypes, 10 and 2, and two isolates of BTV serotype 1 (Australian and South African), revealed that the protein is highly conserved among the different serotypes despite their geographical separation.
authors.affiliation: NERC Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oldfield
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; C442520:VP2 protein, Bluetongue virus