title: Analysis of the human serological immune response to a variable region of the attachment (G) protein of respiratory syncytial virus during primary infection.
abstract: The serum antibody responses of babies to the variable carboxy-terminal region of the attachment (G) protein of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have been analysed using paired acute and convalescent sera from infants experiencing their first RSV infection with viruses of known genotype. The variable 84-85 carboxy-terminal amino acids of the G protein of six recent isolates of group A RSV were expressed in Escherichia coli as fusion proteins with glutahione S-transferase. About half the infants developed antibodies which recognised these fusion proteins. The patterns of response obtained in enzyme linked immunosorbant assays and immunoblotting assays were closely related to the infecting genotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cane
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pringle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005838:Genotype; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015707:HN Protein; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D018113:Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017931:DNA Primers; D015707:HN Protein; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C116204:attachment protein G; D005982:Glutathione Transferase