Cowley J A, Gorman B M
J Virol. 1987 Jul;61(7):2304-6. doi: 10.1128/JVI.61.7.2304-2306.1987.
Two bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes isolated in Australia and two selected reassortants derived from cells coinfected with these viruses have been used to identify the gene coding for the virus hemagglutinin. The parent viruses had characteristic hemagglutination patterns: BTV type 20 agglutinated sheep erythrocytes only; and BTV type 21 agglutinated sheep, bovine, human, and goose erythrocytes. Analysis of the two virus clones that had reassorted in genes coding for the outer capsid polypeptides demonstrated that hemagglutination and hemagglutination inhibition are functions associated with the outer capsid protein (VP2), which is encoded by genome segment 2.
在澳大利亚分离出的两种蓝舌病毒（BTV）血清型以及从感染这些病毒的细胞中获得的两种选定重配病毒已被用于鉴定编码病毒血凝素的基因。亲本病毒具有特征性的血凝模式：20型BTV仅凝集绵羊红细胞；21型BTV凝集绵羊、牛、人及鹅的红细胞。对在外衣壳多肽编码基因中发生重配的两个病毒克隆的分析表明，血凝和血凝抑制是与外衣壳蛋白（VP2）相关的功能，VP2由基因组片段2编码。
