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  • Title: Cross-reactive, serotype- and monotype-specific neutralization epitopes on VP7 of serotype G3 and G5 porcine rotavirus strains.
    Author: Ciarlet M, Hidalgo M, Liprandi F.
    Journal: Arch Virol; 1996; 141(3-4):601-14. PubMed ID: 8645098.
    Abstract:
    VP7 specific monoclonal antibodies raised against serotype G5 porcine rotavirus strains isolated in Venezuela showed either a serotype G5- or monotype-specific pattern of reactivity by neutralization against a panel of 53 group A rotavirus isolates representative of all established G serotypes. Monoclonal antibodies raised against two G3 porcine strains were either specific for a subset of porcine G3 strains or reactive with another subset of porcine G3 strains and with most G5 strains. Neither were reactive with G3 strains from other species. Analysis of neutralization resistant mutants selected with these monoclonal antibodies indicated that epitopes defined by cross-reactive, serotype- and monotype-specific monoclonal antibodies overlap functionally and that binding and neutralization by these antibodies depended on specific amino acid residues in the region A or C of VP7. Results indicate that a high degree of monotypic variation occurs among G5 and G3 porcine rotavirus strains and the existence of at least one common epitope shared by G5 and G3 porcine strains, in the major neutralization domain of these VP7s.
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