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. 1995 Sep;69(9):5812–5815. doi: 10.1128/jvi.69.9.5812-5815.1995

Two independent pathways of expression lead to self-assembly of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus capsid protein.

M Sibilia 1, M B Boniotti 1, P Angoscini 1, L Capucci 1, C Rossi 1
PMCID: PMC189447  PMID: 7637026

Abstract

The rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus capsid protein was expressed in insect cells either as an individual protein species, from a mRNA analogous to the viral subgenomic RNA, or as part of a polyprotein that included the viral 3C-like protease and the RNA polymerase. Both pathways of expression led to the assembly of viruslike particles morphologically and antigenically similar to purified virus.

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