Prevalence of human astrovirus serotype 4: capsid protein sequence and comparison with other strains
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 114 (2) , 385-391
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800058015
Abstract
SummaryAstrovirus serotype 4 has increased in relative prevalence in the Oxford, UK area in 1993. The structural gene of human astrovirus serotype 4 has been sequenced and the results indicate that this protein differs substantially from serotypes 1 and 2. In particular, conservation at the C terminus is greatly reduced. However, amino acid substitutions in this region show a strong conservation in character suggesting that structural or functional constraints operate in this region.Keywords
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