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Volume 19, Number 7—July 2013
Research

Mutation in Spike Protein Cleavage Site and Pathogenesis of Feline Coronavirus

Beth N. Licitra1, Jean K. Millet1, Andrew D. Regan, Brian S. Hamilton, Vera D. Rinaldi, Gerald E. Duhamel, and Gary R. WhittakerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Figure 1

Sequence analysis of feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) spike S1/S2 site. RNA from 30 FECVs collected from 30 fecal samples obtained from subclinically infected cats was extracted, purified, and reverse-transcribed into cDNA. Sequencing of the spike gene was performed in a region surrounding the S1/S2 cleavage site. A) Sequence alignment. Sequence identification row (blue font): residue positions in the S1/S2 cleavage site from P8 to P4′. Red arrow indicates the site of furin cleavage. B) To visu

Figure 1. . Sequence analysis of feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) spike S1/S2 site. RNA from 30 FECVs collected from 30 fecal samples obtained from subclinically infected cats was extracted, purified, and reverse-transcribed into cDNA. Sequencing of the spike gene was performed in a region surrounding the S1/S2 cleavage site. A) Sequence alignment. Sequence identification row (blue font): residue positions in the S1/S2 cleavage site from P8 to P4′. Red arrow indicates the site of furin cleavage. B) To visualize the diversity of residues at each position of the S1/S2 site, sequences were subjected to WebLogo 3.1 analysis (http://weblogo.threeplusone.com/create.cgi). Top: WebLogo for the 30 FECV S1/S2 sequences with the frequency of residue found at each position displayed. Bottom: summary of the diversity of residues for each position from P4 to P1′ and percentages of each amino acid represented.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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