1998
Functional implications of the structure of the murine parvovirus, minute virus of mice
Agbandje-McKenna M, Llamas-Saiz A, Wang F, Tattersall P, Rossmann M. Functional implications of the structure of the murine parvovirus, minute virus of mice. Structure 1998, 6: 1369-1381. PMID: 9817841, DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00137-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acidsUnique N-terminal regionThree-dimensional structure determinationC-terminal regionDNA recognition siteN-terminal regionGlycine-rich sequenceMinute virusTissue tropismHost cell factorsCanine parvovirusDNA packagingIcosahedral asymmetric unitN-terminal peptideN-terminusMurine parvovirusTissue specificityStructural proteinsPolypeptide chainFivefold channelCapsid proteinViral genomeFunctional implicationsRecognition sitesVirus structure
1991
Parvoviral target cell specificity: Acquisition of fibrotropism by a mutant of the lymphotropic strain of minute virus of mice involves multiple amino acid substitutions within the capsid
Ball-Goodrich L, Moir R, Tattersall P. Parvoviral target cell specificity: Acquisition of fibrotropism by a mutant of the lymphotropic strain of minute virus of mice involves multiple amino acid substitutions within the capsid. Virology 1991, 184: 175-186. PMID: 1871965, DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(91)90834-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoat protein geneProtein geneA9 fibroblastsInfectious cloneAmino acidsSite-directed mutagenesisMinute virusMultiple amino acid substitutionsSingle base changeAmino acid substitutionsGlutamic acid residuesSame amino acidsMouse A9 fibroblastsDouble mutantSame small regionA9 cellsHost rangeAcid residuesMutantsAcid substitutionsT lymphocyte cell lineDNA sequencingRecombinants