title: The molecular basis of the antigenic variation of foot-and-mouth disease virus.
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced the viral protein (VP1)-coding regions of two foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotypes (C1 and A5). Comparison of the derived amino acid sequences with the known VP1 sequence of FMDV O1K and the two FMDV A subtypes A10 and A12 shows two highly variable regions in the protein, at positions 40-60 and 130-160, as possible antigenic sites. In both variable regions, several sites could be detected where all three sequences of the A subtypes are identical but the three types A, C and O differ from each other. The second variable region overlaps with a major immunogenic determinant of the virus.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D000939:Epitopes; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins