Receptor-binding and oncogenic properties of polyoma viruses isolated from feral mice.

Laboratory strains of the mouse polyoma virus differ markedly in their abilities to replicate and induce tumors in newborn mice. Major determinants of pathogenicity lie in the sialic binding pocket of the major capsid protein Vp1 and dictate receptor-binding properties of the virus. Substitutions at...

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Main Authors: John Carroll, Dilip Dey, Lori Kreisman, Palanivel Velupillai, Jean Dahl, Samuel Telford, Roderick Bronson, Thomas Benjamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030179