TABLE 3.

Comparison of deduced amino acid sequences of the C proteins and the unique carboxyl terminus of the V proteins of attenuated and wild-type MVs

Amino acid	Ed wta	EdmBil	CAM-70	Ne	II-1	Gam
C proteins
10	G					E
13	R		K	K
15	S				N
23	R					K
25	L				P
35	T				I	I
39	S				T
41	P			L
44	G			R	R	R
45	K					R
73	A	V	V	V	V	V
78	R				K
88	S					P
103	I		V
131	I		V
147	I		T
166	S				P
186	S					C
No. of changesb		1	5	4	8	8
V proteins
237	S				G
259	T					I
266	R		S
272	C	R
285	V		A
291	Y	H
No. of changesb		2	2	0	1	1

^aSingle-letter amino acid code; bold letters denote nonconservative substitutions relative to the Edmonston wild-type (Ed wt) sequence.

^bRelative to the Edmonston wild-type isolate.