Figure 6. Amino acid alignment of partial F protein of Argentine HMPV strains.

The sequences were aligned with CLUSTAL W [15]. Dots indicate identical residues. The first six sequences belong to group A, whereas the last two ones belong to group B. Black arrows indicate codons, around which there are the potential B-linear epitopes predicted with BCPREDS [24]. Black triangles indicate amino acids recognized by previously reported MAbs [38]. Black diamonds indicate potential N-glycosylation sites predicted with N-Glycosite [22]. The fusion peptide is underlined, and the protease cleavage site is indicated with a black star. Numbers indicate the amino acid position in the primary F open reading frame.