Introduction
Equine arteritis virus (EAV) is an enveloped, positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the family Arteriviridae of the order Nidovirales. EAV particles contain seven structural proteins: the nucleocapsid protein N, the unglycosylated envelope proteins M and E, and the N-glycosylated membrane proteins GP2b (previously named GS), GP3, GP4, and GP5 (previously named GL). Proteins N, M, and GP5 are major virion components, E occurs in virus particles in intermediate amounts, and GP4, GP3, and GP2b are minor structural proteins. The M and GP5 proteins occur in virus particles as disulfide-linked heterodimers while the GP4, GP3, and GP2b proteins are incorporated into virions as a heterotrimeric complex.
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