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Sequence analysis of five new field isolates demonstrates that the chain length of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) is not strictly conserved but as variable as in other viroids (1992)

Herold, Thomas ; Haas, Bernd ; Singh, Rudra P. ; [et al.]

Springer

Plant molecular biology 19 (1992), S. 329-333

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ISSN: 1573-5028

Keywords: potato spindle tuber viroid ; PSTVd ; viroid ; RNA ; sequence analysis ; viroid isolates ; viroid strains

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Biology

Notes: Abstract The sequence analysis of five new field isolates of potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) of different virulence revealed that the lengthof their RNA chain is not strictly conserved to 359 nucleotides (nts), as one could have inferred from the previously sequenced PSTVd strains. It was now found that the chain length is strain-specific like in the case of practically all other viroids, and that it may vary, so far, between 356 and 360 nts. Taking our previously sequenced and least virulent mild strain PSTVd KF6-M as standard, the new mild strains PSTVd WA-M and PSTVd F-M differ from it by one or two nts. The new intermediate-severe strains PSTVd F-IS and PSTV-F 88-IS differ from the standard mild strain by eight and nine nts, respectively, whereas the new severe-lethal strain PSTVd F-SL differes in seven nts. Most of these mutations are located within the virulence-modulating (VM) region and within the variable region (VR), and only in two strains a single mutation is found in the right terminal domain.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00027356

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Molecular dynamics of the α-helical epitope of a novel synthetic lipopeptide foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine (1989)

Krug, Michael ; Folkers, Gerd ; Haas, Bernd ; [et al.]

New York : Wiley-Blackwell

Biopolymers 28 (1989), S. 499-512

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ISSN: 0006-3525

Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science

Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000

Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology

Notes: A novel synthetic foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) peptide vaccine consisting of a synthetic B-cell and macrophage activator covalently linked to an amphiphilic α-helical T-cell epitope was developed. The low molecular weight vaccine of 3400 daltons is composed of virus VP1 antigenic determinant and the immunologically active lipotripeptide tripalmitoyl-S-glyceryl-cysteinyl-seryl-serine (P3CSS) as built-in adjuvant. The vaccine, tripalmitoyl-S-glyceryl-cysteinyl-seryl-seryl-FMDV-VP1 (VP1 = serotype O1K 135-154) induces protection against homologous challenge and serotype-specific virus neutralizing antibodies in guinea pigs after single administration without further adjuvants or carriers. A P3CSS conjugate with the FMDV-VP1 segment 135-154 of strain O Wuppertal produced only poor cross-protection against challenge with O1K virus.The antigenic determinant VP1(135-154) is an amphiphilic α-helix, as shown by CD. Molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) carried out using the highly homologous α-helical alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) segment H3 as starting conformation for VP1(138-149) suggest that the FMDV segment 138-149 may adopt α-helical conformation during binding to its T-cell receptor, and that the development of the system during MDS may be considered as the dissociation step of the complex.

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