| the capsid proteins of aleutian mink disease virus activate caspases and are specifically cleaved during infection. | aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) is currently the only known member of the genus amdovirus in the family parvoviridae. it is the etiological agent of aleutian disease of mink. we have previously shown that a small protein with a molecular mass of approximately 26 kda was present during amdv infection and following transfection of capsid expression constructs (j. qiu, f. cheng, l. r. burger, and d. pintel, j. virol. 80:654-662, 2006). in this study, we report that the capsid proteins were speci ... | 2010 | 20042496 |