Comparisons of the M1 genome segments and encoded mu2 proteins of different reovirus isolates.

"2 virus isolate laboratory source virus factory morphology 150 208 224 372 t3d nibert a globular b gln ser b glu ile t3d coombs a globular gln ser glu ile t3d schiff a globular gln ser glu ile t3d tyler a globular gln ser glu ile t3d cashdollar c filamentous b arg pro b glu met t3d duncan c filamentous arg pro glu met t3d shatkin filamentous gln pro ala ile t3d atcc filamentous gln pro glu ile tsc447 coombs c filamentous gln pro glu ile tse320 coombs c filamentous gln pro glu ile tsg453 coombs c filamentous gln pro glu ile a origin traceable to b n fields laboratory b reported in parker et al [23] c origin traceable to w k joklik laboratory; derived from t3d; sequences of tsc447 (genbank accession no ay428878) tse320 and tsg453 are identical."

"AcknowledgmentsWe thank T. S. Dermody for suggesting and providing virus isolates used in this work, J. N. Simonsen for helpful comments, and members of their laboratories for critical reviews of the manuscript. We also thank S. Taylor of the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health Core DNA Sequencing Facility, the University of Calgary Core DNA Sequencing Facility, and the University of Manitoba Department of Medical Microbiology Core DNA Sequencing Facility.This research was supported by grants MT-11630 and GSP-48371 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (to K. M. C.), NIH grant R01 AI-47904 (to M. L. N.), a junior faculty research grant from the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation (to M. L. N.), and NIH grant K08 AI52209 (to J. S. L. P.). N. D. K. was the recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-Graduate Scholarship from the Government of Canada and T. J. B. received additional support from NIH grant T32 AI07061 to the Infectious Disease Training Program at Harvard Medical School."