The study provides the nucleotide sequence of type 3 poliovirus strains, showing high homology with type 1 and suggesting attenuation mutations lie outside the VP1 region.
As part of an investigation into the molecular basis of attenuation in the Sabin poliovirus vaccines, the genomes of three strains of type 3 poliovirus differing in neurovirulence were cloned in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence of the region of the genome encoding the virion protein 1 (VP1) polypeptide from each of these strains is presented. Very few changes were observed, a finding suggesting that the mutation(s) involved in the attenuation of type 3 poliovirus probably lies elsewhere in the genome. The complete nucleotide sequence of one of the strains, P3/Sabin, has been obtained and is compared with the published sequences of type 1 poliovirus. Between serotypes 1 and 3, there is 77% homology in nucleotide sequence and 90% homology in the amino acid sequence predicted for viral proteins.
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