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A minor capsid protein was found in Western equine encephalitis virus. The minor capsid protein appeared to be produced by proteolytic cleavage of part of the newly synthesized capsid protein in infected cells and to be incorporated into nucleocapsids.
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Ishida, I., Simizu, B. Evidence for the presence of the minor capsid protein of Western equine encephalitis virus. Archives of Virology 67, 159–164 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318599
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